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Ekokenia eporrectus

Osteichthyes - Lutjaniformes - Sciaenidae

Taxonomy
Otolithus (Sciaenidarum) eporrectus was named by Koken (1888).

It was recombined as Ekokenia eporrectus by Frizzell and Dante (1965); it was recombined as Ekokenia eporrecta by Ebersole et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Otolithus (Sciaenidarum) eporrectus Koken
1965Ekokenia eporrectus Frizzell and Dante p. 704
2019Ekokenia eporrecta Ebersole et al. pp. 217 - 219 fig. 72E–F

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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
orderLutjaniformes
familySciaenidaeCuvier 1828
genusEkokenia
specieseporrectus(Koken 1888)

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.

Ekokenia eporrectus Koken 1888
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available