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Drepane (sicklefish)

Osteichthyes - Ephippiformes - Drepaneidae

Taxonomy
Drepane was named by Cuvier (1831). It is extant. It is the type genus of Drepanidae.

It was assigned to Drepaneidae by van der Laan (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Drepane Cuvier
2019Drepane 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
orderEphippiformes
familyDrepaneidae(Gill 1872)
genusDrepaneCuvier 1831

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.

G. Drepane Cuvier 1831 [sicklefish]
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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: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available