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Emmelichthyidae

Actinopteri - Emmelichthyidae

Taxonomy
Emmelichthyidae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Kurtiformes by Jordan (1963); to Percomorpharia by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Acanthuriformes by Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Emmelichthyidae Jordan p. 700
2013Emmelichthyidae Betancur et al.
2016Emmelichthyidae Nelson et al. p. 498

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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
Percomorpharia
familyEmmelichthyidae
familyEmmelichthyidae

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. †Emmelichthyidarum Jordan 1923
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Emmelichthyidarum steurbauti Schwarzhans 2007
G. Emmelichthys Richardson 1845
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Emmelichthys tennysoni Schwarzhans 2019
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available