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Scomberesox

Actinopteri - Beloniformes - Belonidae

Taxonomy
Scomberesox was named by Lacépède (1803) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Beloniformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Scomberesocidae by Jordan and Gilbert (1919), David (1943) and Fierstine et al. (2012); and to Belonidae by Arambourg (1925), Arambourg (1927) and Argyriou (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1803Scomberesox Lacépède p. 344
1919Scomberesox Jordan and Gilbert p. 37
1925Scomberesox Arambourg p. 93
1927Scomberesox Arambourg p. 52
1943Scomberesox David p. 17
2002Scomberesox Sepkoski
2012Scomberesox Fierstine et al. p. 86
2022Scomberesox Argyriou p. 112

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossocephalai
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
RankNameAuthor
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Carangimorpharia
Ovalentariae
superorderAtherinomorphae()
orderBeloniformes
suborderExocoetoidei
familyBelonidae
genusScomberesoxLacépède 1803

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.

G. Scomberesox Lacépède 1803
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Scomberesox acutillus Jordan and Gilbert 1919
Scomberesox edwardsi Jordan and Gilbert 1919
Scomberesox licatae Sauvage 1880
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available