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Scorpididae

Osteichthyes - Centrarchiformes - Scorpididae

Taxonomy
Scorpidae is a family. It is extant. Its type is Scorpis.

It was corrected as Scorpididae by van der Laan (2019).

It was assigned to Ephippiformes by Jordan (1963); and to Terapontoidei by van der Laan (2019).

Subtaxa
Scorpis (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Scorpidae Jordan p. 705
2019Scorpididae van der Laan p. 84

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
EupercariaBetancur et al. 2013
orderCentrarchiformes
suborderTerapontoidei
familyScorpididae(Günther 1860)
familyScorpididae(Günther 1860)

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. Scorpididae Günther 1860
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G. Scorpis Valenciennes 1832
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available