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Kyphosidae (disused)

Actinopteri - Kyphosidae

Taxonomy
Kyphosidae is a family. It is extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Kyphosidae Jordan p. 699
2013Kyphosidae Betancur et al.
2016Kyphosidae Nelson et al. p. 440

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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
familyKyphosidae
familyKyphosidae

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available