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Ptilichthyidae (disused)

Actinopteri - Scorpaeniformes - Ptilichthyidae

Taxonomy
Ptilichthyidae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Blenniiformes by Jordan (1963); and to Scorpaeniformes by Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Ptilichthyidae Jordan p. 735
2016Ptilichthyidae Nelson et al. p. 481

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderScorpaeniformes
familyPtilichthyidae
familyPtilichthyidae

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