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Blochiidae

Osteichthyes - Istiophoriformes - Blochiidae

Taxonomy

Blochiidae was named by Bleeker (1859). It is extant.

It was assigned to Xiphiiformes by Jordan (1963); to Heteromi by Casier (1966); to Scombroidei by Thurmond and Jones (1981); to Perciformes by Udovichenko and Nessov (1987), Weems (1999); to Xiphioidea by Schultz (1987), Monsch and Bannikov (2011); to Istiophoriformes by van der Laan (2019); and to Xiphioidei by Fierstine (2006), Bannikov (2014), Otero (2019).

Subtaxa

Acestrus, Blochius, Congorhynchus, Loancorhynchus

Synonyms

Rostrati was named by Giebel (1847).

It was synonymized subjectively with Blochiidae by van der Laan (2019).
Blochioides was named by Pictet (1854).

It was corrected as Blochioidei by Bleeker (1859); it was synonymized subjectively with Blochiidae by van der Laan (2019).

It was assigned to Osteichthyes by Bleeker (1859).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1847	Rostrati Giebel p. 156
1854	Blochioides Pictet
1859	Blochiidae Bleeker
1859	Blochioidei Bleeker p. XVI
1963	Blochiidae Jordan p. 680
1966	Blochiidae Casier p. 172
1981	Blochiidae Thurmond and Jones p. 106
1987	Blochiidae Schultz p. 110
1987	Blochiidae Udovichenko and Nessov p. 173
1999	Blochiidae Weems p. 68
2006	Blochiidae Fierstine p. 438
2011	Blochiidae Monsch and Bannikov p. 296
2014	Blochiidae Bannikov p. 30
2019	Blochiidae Otero p. 8
2019	Blochiidae van der Laan

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Actinopterygii	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Actinopteri	()
—	Teleosteomorpha
—	Acanthopterygii
—	Percomorphaceae
—	Carangaria
order	Istiophoriformes
family	Blochiidae	Bleeker 1859
family	Blochiidae	Bleeker 1859

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Blochiidae Bleeker 1859

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G. †Acestrus Agassiz 1845

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†Acestrus elongatus Casier 1966

†Acestrus ornatus Woodward 1901

G. †Blochius Volta 1800

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†Blochius longirostris Volta 1796

†Blochius macropterus de Zigno 1887

†Blochius moorheadi Eastman 1911

G. †Congorhynchus Darteville and Casier 1949

G. †Loancorhynchus Otero 2019

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†Loancorhynchus catrillancai Otero 2019

Invalid names: Blochioides Pictet 1854 [synonym], Rostrati Giebel 1847 [synonym]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
K. A. Monsch and A. F. Bannikov 2011	Rostrum present, vertebral column and dorsal fin very close to one another.

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

marinesubp

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Created:

2009-07-20 21:50:54

Modified:

2009-07-20 23:50:54

Source: c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Middle Eocene or 83.60000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (New Jersey)	Congorhynchus elliotti (221052)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	United Kingdom	Acestrus ornatus (215472)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Italy	Blochius longirostris, Blochius macropterus (94830)
Middle Eocene	48.07 - 37.71	Chile	Loancorhynchus catrillancai (204548)
Middle Eocene	48.07 - 37.71	Uzbekistan	Blochiidae indet. (45701 45702)