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Sciaenoidei

Actinopteri - Acanthuriformes

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Sciaenoidei Cuvier
1902Sciaenidae Hay p. 405
1943Sciaenidae David p. 27
1960Sciaenidae Danil'chenko p. 131
1963Sciaenidae Jordan p. 701
1964Sciaenidae Estes p. 51
1965Sciaenidae Frizzell and Dante p. 703
1967Sciaenidae Wilson p. 203
1970Sciaenidae Estes and Berberian p. 4
1980Sciaenidae Danil'chenko p. 134
1981Sciaenidae Thurmond and Jones p. 101
1999Sciaenidae Weems p. 63
2001Sciaenidae Purdy et al. p. 175
2012Sciaenidae Fierstine et al. p. 124
2013Sciaenidae Betancur et al.
2017Sciaenidae Szabo et al.
2018Sciaenidae Carnevale and Godfrey p. 180
2019Sciaenoidei Ebersole et al. p. 178

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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
orderAcanthuriformes
suborderSciaenoideiCuvier 1828
suborderSciaenoideiCuvier 1828

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.

Subor. Sciaenoidei Cuvier 1828
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Fm. Sciaenidae Cuvier 1828
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G. Argyrosomus La Pylaie 1835
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Argyrosomus laghii Nolf and Steurbaut 1983
Argyrosomus regia Lanckneus and Nolf 1979
G. †Caucasisciaena Bannikov et al. 2009
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Caucasisciaena ignota Smirnov 1830
G. †Ekokenia Frizzell and Dante 1965
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Ekokenia eporrectus Koken 1888
G. †Fisherichthys Weems 1999
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Fisherichthys folmeri Weems 1999
G. Pogonias Lacépède 1802
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Pogonias cromis Cope 1869 [black drum]
Pogonias stringeri Takeuchi and Huddleston 2008
G. Sciaena Linnaeus 1758
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Sciaena amplus Koken 1891
Sciaena bathytatos Chao and Miller 1975
Sciaena holsatica Koken 1891
Sciaena impropria Gabelaia 1976
Sciaena irregularis Koken 1884
Sciaena kirchbergensis Koken 1891
Sciaena knyrkoi Danil'chenko 1980
Sciaena meridionalis Koken 1891
Sciaena obtusus Koken 1891
Sciaena pecchioli Lawley 1876
Sciaena pimenovae Bogatsov 1955
Sciaena simplex Frost 1926
G. Sciaenops Gill 1863
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Sciaenops ocellata Linnaeus 1766
Sciaenops ocellatus Linnaeus 1766
Invalid names: Stelliferinae Sasaki 1989 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:44:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:44:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Holocene or 100.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 99.6 Ma

Collections (73 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Italy Pogonias harpago (77178) Pogonias prodromus (76512) Pogonias prodromus, Pogonias harpago, Pogonias missilis (77255)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy Pogonias hirsutus (78741) Pogonias incallidus, Pogonias hirsutus, Pogonias prodromus, Pogonias harpago (78742)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Italy Pogonias harpago (77273) Pogonias prodromus, Pogonias harpago (77274)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Italy Pogonias hirsutus (76493 77177) Pogonias incallidus (77110)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Fisherichthys folmeri (81179)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Virginia) Fisherichthys folmeri (15595)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2USA (Louisiana) Sciaena psuedoradians (164390)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Pogonias sp. (209370 209371)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Nigeria Otolithus simplex (60711)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Fisherichthys sp. (13346)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Fisherichthys folmeri (81266)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Sciaena pseudoradians (3534)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Nigeria Sciaena simplex (32905)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Ekokenia sp. (75638) Sciaena umbra (32925)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Louisiana) Sciaena psuedoradians (164391)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (South Carolina) Pogonias sp., Sciaenops sp. (60444) Sciaenops sp. (224900)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Russian Federation Larimus ignotus (186461)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary Sciaena sp. (184477)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Sciaena elongata, Sciaena sp., Sciaena irregularis (32012)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Hungary (Esztergom) Sciaena sp. (186636)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Paraguana) Sciaena sp., Sciaenops reyzi (118106)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Pogonias cromis (48887)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Russian Federation Caucasisciaena ignota (186456)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Sciaenops eastmani (123869)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Florida) Pogonias cromis (18586)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Virginia) Pogonias multidentatus (79793)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (Lower Saxony) Sciaena obtusa (161965)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Pogonias multidentatus (71798 126605) Pogonias sp., Pogonias multidentatus, Sciaenops ocellatus (57700) Sciaenops sp. (187324)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Romania Sciaena sp. (222591)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kazakhstan Pogonias sp. (174760)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Czech Republic (Mikulov) Argyrosomus regius (161995) Sciaena rybnicensis, Argyrosomus regius, Sciaena irregularis (161993)
Early/Lower Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Florida) Pogonias cromis (161374)
Late/Upper Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Florida) Pogonias cromis (18554)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Virginia) Pogonias mulidentatus (152251)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Chile Stelliferinae indet. (221625)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Malta Sciaenidae indet. (210639)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Denmark (Jutland) Sciaena holsatica (34521)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy Argyrosomus laghii (178120)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Germany Sciaena holsatica (223566)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Pogonias cromis (18601)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Virginia) Pogonias multidentatus (179732)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Ravenna) Sciaenidae indet. (144566)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Argyrosomus sp. (172914 220503)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Sciaenops sp., Sciaenops ocellata, Pogonias cromis, Sciaenops ocellatus (52582)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Pogonias cromis (22712)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Sciaenops ocellatus (227368)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Brazil Pogonias cromis (52644)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Pogonias cromis (20400 58089)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Pogonias cromis (20440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grand do Sul) Pogonias cromis (211308)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Pogonias cromis (20604 20613)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Pogonias cromis (48886)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Pogonias sp., Sciaenops sp. (188304)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Pogonias sp. (57706) Sciaenops sp. (73485)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Brazil Pogonias cromis (54181)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Sciaenops ocellatus (227371)