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Trichiurus

Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Trichiuridae

Taxonomy
Trichiurus was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R]. It is extant. Its type is Trichiurus lepturus.

It was assigned to Squalidae by Leidy (1860); to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Trichiurinae by Monsch (2004) and Ebersole et al. (2019); and to Trichiuridae by Hay (1902), White (1926), Casier (1958), Thurmond and Jones (1981) and Verma (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Trichiurus Linnaeus p. 46
1860Trichiurus Leidy p. 121
1902Trichiurus Hay p. 403
1926Trichiurus White p. 65
1958Trichiurus Casier p. 27
1981Trichiurus Thurmond and Jones p. 105
2002Trichiurus Sepkoski
2004Trichiurus Monsch p. 446
2019Trichiurus Ebersole et al. p. 172
2024Trichiurus Verma p. 1999

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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
Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Scombrimorpharia
orderScombriformes
familyTrichiuridae
genusTrichiurus

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. Trichiurus Linnaeus 1758
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Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus 1758
Trichiurus miocaenus Delfortrie 1876
Trichiurus plicidens Arambourg 1952
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available