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Menidae (moonfish)

Actinopteri - Menidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Menidae Gill
1963Menidae Jordan p. 685
1964Menidae Patterson p. 423
1980Menidae Danil'chenko p. 129
2005Menidae Friedman and Johnson p. 771
2013Menidae Betancur et al.
2014Menidae Bannikov p. 28
2014Menidae Carnevale et al. p. 42
2016Menidae Nelson et al. p. 387

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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)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Carangimorpharia
Carangimorphariae
familyMenidaeGill 1885
familyMenidaeGill 1885

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. Menidae Gill 1885 [moonfish]
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G. †Bathysoma Davis 1890
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Bathysoma lutkeni Davis 1890
G. Mene Lacépède 1803
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Mene oblonga Agassiz 1833
Mene psarianosi Symeonidis 1969
Mene purdyi Friedman and Johnson 2005
Mene rhombea Volta 1796
Mene triangulum Danil'chenko 1968
G. †Menidarum Unknown
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Menidarum occultus Nolf and Bajpai 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available