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Erebusia
Taxonomy
Erebusia was named by Calzoni et al. (2025). Its type is Erebusia tenebrae.
It was assigned to Percomorphacea by Calzoni et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Percomorphacea by Calzoni et al. (2025).
Species
E. tenebrae (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Erebusia Calzoni et al. p. 499 |
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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.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| P. Calzoni et al. 2025 | A percomorph characterized by the following combination of features: body moderately high with deep caudal peduncle; large and compact head with large circular orbit, its diameter corresponding to half of the head length; supraoccipital crest low; upper jaw dentition consisting of few retrorse conical teeth; lower jaw dentition consisting of a single fang on the anterior tip of the dentary and few conical and pointed teeth; 32 vertebrae (13+19); five autogenous hypurals; 17 caudal fin rays (9+8); single and continuous dorsal fin consisting of 12 spines and 24 rays; anal fin containing two spines and at least 17 rays; pectoral fin containing 15 rays; pelvic fin containing one spine plus five rays; body covered with small cycloid scales (see Tab. 15). |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004 | |||||