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Platax papilio

Actinopteri - Carangiformes - Carangidae

Taxonomy
Chaetodon papilio was named by Volta (1796).

It was recombined as Platax papilio by Agassiz (1835), Agassiz (1835), Agassiz (1839) and Agassiz (1842).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1796Chaetodon papilio Volta
1835Platax papilio Agassiz figs. Pl 42
1839Platax papilio Agassiz p. 16
1842Platax papilio Agassiz p. 245

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Carangimorpharia
—Carangimorphariae
orderCarangiformes
familyCarangidaeRafinesque 1815
genusPlataxCuvier 1817
speciespapilio(Volta 1796)

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.

†Platax papilio Volta 1796
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available