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Pristigasteridae

Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei

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).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Pristigasterinae Grande p. 22
1984Pristigasteridae Steurbaut p. 40
2013Pristigasteridae Betancur et al.
2016Pristigasteridae Nelson et al. p. 166

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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)
familyPristigasteridae
familyPristigasteridae

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.

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G. Ilisha Richardson 1845
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Ilisha nijsseni Nolf and Steurbaut 1979
Invalid names: Pelloninae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available