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Chirocentridae

Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei

Taxonomy
Chirocentridae was named by Cuvier and Valenciennes (1846). It is extant.

It was assigned to Actinopterygii by Woodward (1901); to Isospondyli by Hay (1902); to Clupeoidei by Grande (1982); to Chirocentroidea by Case and Schwimmer (1988); to Clupeoidei by Jordan (1963) and Betancur et al. (2013); and to Clupeoidei by Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Chirocentridae Cuvier and Valenciennes
1901Chirocentridae Woodward p. 86
1902Chirocentridae Hay p. 383
1963Chirocentridae Jordan p. 619
1982Chirocentridae Grande p. 22
1988Chirocentridae Case and Schwimmer p. 300
2013Chirocentridae Betancur et al.
2016Chirocentridae Nelson et al. p. 169

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossocephalai
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Otomorpha
Clupei
orderClupeiformesBleeker 1859
familyClupeoidei(Bleeker 1859)
familyChirocentridaeCuvier and Valenciennes 1846
familyChirocentridaeCuvier and Valenciennes 1846

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. Chirocentridae Cuvier and Valenciennes 1846
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G. Chirocentrus Cuvier 1817
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Chirocentrus polyodon Gunther 1876
G. †Platinx Agassiz 1835
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Platinx elongatus Agassiz 1835
Platinx gigas Volta 1796
Platinx macropterus Blainville 1818
G. †Spathodactylus Pictet 1853
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available