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Centrarchiformes

Actinopteri - Centrarchiformes

Taxonomy
Centrarchiformes is an order. It is extant.

It was assigned to Percomorpharia by Betancur et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Centrarchiformes Betancur et al.

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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
orderCentrarchiformes
orderCentrarchiformes

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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Fm. Centrarchidae Cope 1868 [sunfish]
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G. Archoplites Gill 1861
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Archoplites interruptus Girard 1854 [Sacramento perch]
G. †Chaenobryttus Hibbard 1936
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†Chaenobryttus kansasensis Hibbard 1936
G. Lepomis Rafinesque 1819
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†Lepomis microlophus Lee 1980
G. Micropterus Lacépède 1802 [black bass]
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Micropterus salmoides Lacépède 1802
G. †Pomoxis
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†Pomoxis lanei Hibbard 1936
Invalid names: Elassomatidae [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 Wasatchian to the top of the Holocene or 55.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 50.3 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Centrarchidae indet. (192130)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44USA (Texas) Micropterus sp. (18663)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Lepomis microlophus, Micropterus sp. (18284)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Idaho) Archoplites clarki (193968)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Kansas) Lepomis sp., Pomoxis sp., Micropterus punctulatus (18450)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) Centrarchidae indet. (19446)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Kansas) Chaenobryttus kansasensis, Pomoxis lanei (18342)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Lepomis sp., Lepomis microlophus, Pomoxis sp., Micropterus sp. (227368)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Virginia) Lepomis macrochirus (104698)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (South Dakota) Lepomis sp. (20389)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Lepomis microlophus (58089) Lepomis sp. (20400)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Archoplites interruptus (20327 20431) Centrarchidae indet. (20387)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Lepomis cyanellus, Micropterus sp. (20165) Lepomis humilis (20293)
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean1.8 - 0.012USA (California) Centrarchidae indet. (67490)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Lepomis gulosus, Lepomis microlophus, Micropterus salmoides (20440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Lepomis cyanellus (93554)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Micropterus salmoides (200588) Pomoxis sp. (63223)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Georgia) Lepomis sp., Lepomis gulosus, Lepomis macrochirus, Lepomis punctatus, Pomoxis nigromaculatus, Micropterus salmoides (152113)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Lepomis gibbosus, Pomoxis nigromaculatus, Centrarchidae indet. (224189)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Lepomis sp., Lepomis microlophus, Pomoxis sp., Micropterus sp. (227371)