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Eosiganus
Taxonomy
Eosiganus was named by Tyler and Bannikov (1997). Its type is Eosiganus kumaensis.
It was assigned to Siganidae by Tyler and Bannikov (1997).
It was assigned to Siganidae by Tyler and Bannikov (1997).
Species
E. kumaensis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1997 | Eosiganus Tyler and Bannikov p. 8 |
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G. †Eosiganus Tyler and Bannikov 1997
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†Eosiganus kumaensis Tyler and Bannikov 1997
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. C. Tyler and A. F. Bannikov 1997 | Differs from all other siganids by having a single supernumerary dorsal-fin spine (versus 2 ) , this first dorsal-fin spine slightly to distinctly longer than the others (versus first spine shorter than the others), and by having about 7 anal-fin rays (versus 9-10). |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||