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Percopsidae

Actinopteri - Percopsiformes - Percopsidae

Taxonomy
Percopsidae was named by Regan (1911). It is extant. Its type is Percopsis.

It was assigned to Salmopercae by Jordan (1963); to Paracanthopterygii by Murray (1996); and to Percopsiformes by Betancur et al. (2013) and Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Percopsidae Regan
1963Percopsidae Jordan p. 665
1996Percopsidae Murray p. 642
2013Percopsidae Betancur et al.
2016Percopsidae Nelson et al. p. 287

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
Osteoglossocephalai
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
Paracanthomorphacea
Percopsaria
orderPercopsiformesBerg 1940
familyPercopsidaeRegan 1911
familyPercopsidaeRegan 1911

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. Percopsidae Regan 1911
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G. †Amphiplaga Cope 1877
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G. †Erismatopterus Cope 1870
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G. †Lateopisciculus Murray and Wilson 1996
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Lateopisciculus turrifumosus Murray and Wilson 1996
G. †Libotonius Wilson 1977
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Libotonius pearsoni Wilson 1979
G. †Massamorichthys Murray 1996
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Massamorichthys wilsoni Murray 1996
G. Percopsis Agassiz 1849
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available