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Batrachoididae

Actinopteri - Batrachoidiformes - Batrachoididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Batrachoididae Jordan p. 738
1977Batrachoididae Přikryl et al. p. 242
2007Batrachoididae Schwarzhans p. 331
2009Batrachoididae Kiessling
2012Batrachoididae Fierstine et al. p. 77
2013Batrachoididae Betancur et al.
2016Batrachoididae Nelson et al. p. 320
2018Batrachoididae Carnevale and Godfrey p. 171

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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
—Batrachoidimorpharia
orderBatrachoidiformes
familyBatrachoididae
familyBatrachoididae

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. Batrachoides Lapepède 1800
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†Batrachoides didactylus Bloch-Schneider 1801
G. †Batrachoididarum Jordan and Evermann 1898
G. Chatrabus Smith 1949
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†Chatrabus weileri Schwarzhans 2013
G. †Louckaichthys Přikryl and Carnevale 2017
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†Louckaichthys novosadi Přikryl and Carnevale 2017
G. †Opsanus Rafinesque 1818
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†Opsanus tao Linnaeus 1766
G. Porichthys Girard 1854
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Porichthys myriaster Hubbs and Schultz 1939
Porichthys notatus Girard 1854
G. †Zappaichthys Carnevale and Collette 2014
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†Zappaichthys harzhauseri Carnevale and Collette 2014
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:55:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:55:54
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 47.80000 to 0.01200 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Lower Saxony,) Batrachoididarum sp. (188954)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Czech Republic Louckaichthys novosadi (219097)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Romania Batrachoididae indet. (219093)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333India Batrachoididae indet. (230225)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Austria Zappaichthys harzhauseri (186861)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Gabon Chatrabus weileri (219363)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Diaphus pedemontanus (219219)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy Diaphus pedemontanus (78437 178120 187503 187507)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Diaphus pedemontanus (219220 219222) Porichthys sp. (145519 145520)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Diaphus pedemontanus (172914 172916 199860 220503)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Batrachoididae indet. (220507) Diaphus pedemontanus (220504)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece (Zakynthos) Diaphus pedemontanus (207583)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) Batrachoides didactylus (59256)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Porichthys margaritatus, Porichthys analis, Porichthys notatus (135043)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Opsanus tau (52582)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica Porichthys sp. (186673)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Porichthys notatus, Porichthys myriaster (219849)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Opsanus sp. (22712)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Opsanus sp. (20440)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Porichthys notatus, Porichthys myriaster (85314)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Opsanus sp. (57706 73485)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Batrachoididae indet., Opsanus sp. (20604)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Porichthys notalus (190889) Porichthys notatus, Porichthys myriaster (59063)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Porichthys sp. (161932)