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Pristigasteridae
Taxonomy
Pristigasterinae was named as a subfamily. It is extant.
It was reranked as the family Pristigasteridae by Steurbaut (1984), Betancur et al. (2013) and Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Clupeidae by Grande (1982); to Clupeoidei by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Clupeoidei by Steurbaut (1984) and Nelson et al. (2016).
It was reranked as the family Pristigasteridae by Steurbaut (1984), Betancur et al. (2013) and Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Clupeidae by Grande (1982); to Clupeoidei by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Clupeoidei by Steurbaut (1984) and Nelson et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1982 | Pristigasterinae Grande p. 22 |
1984 | Pristigasteridae Steurbaut p. 40 |
2013 | Pristigasteridae Betancur et al. |
2016 | Pristigasteridae Nelson et al. p. 166 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available