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Polyprionidae

Actinopteri - Polyprionidae

Taxonomy
Polyprionidae is a family. It is extant.

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

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Polyprionidae Betancur et al.
2016Polyprionidae Nelson et al. p. 434

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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
familyPolyprionidae
familyPolyprionidae

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. Stereolepis Ayres 1859
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Stereolepis gigas Ayres 1859
Stereolepis marginis Casier 1952
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available