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Lutjaninae

Actinopteri - Lutjanidae

Taxonomy
Lutjaninae was named by Gill (1861). It is extant.

It was assigned to Percoidea by Casier (1966); and to Lutjanidae by Allen (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Lutjaninae Gill
1966Lutjaninae Casier p. 442
1985Lutjaninae Allen

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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
familyLutjanidaeGill 1861
subfamilyLutjaninaeGill 1861
subfamilyLutjaninaeGill 1861

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.

Subfm. Lutjaninae Gill 1861
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G. Lutjanus Bloch 1790
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†Lutianus lerichei Nolf 1972
Lutjanus buccanella Cuvier 1828 [blackfin snapper]
Lutjanus griseus Linnaeus 1758 [grey snapper]
†Lutjanus hagari Jordan and Gilbert 1919
Invalid names: Mesoprion Cuvier 1828 [synonym]
G. Ocyurus Gill 1862
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Ocyurus chrysurus Bloch 1790 [yellowtail snapper]
G. Rhomboplites Gill 1862
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Rhomboplites aurorubens Cuvier 1829 [vermilion snapper]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 47.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9France Lutianus lerichei (220174)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Lutianus concavus (41888 41992 41994) Ocyurus postangulatus (41998)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Lutianus intermedius (83251)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Paraguana) Ocyurus sp. (118106)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) Lutianus hagari (186021)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Australia (Queensland) Lutjanus sp. (227021)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) Lutjanus novemfasciatus (52183)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Lutjanus sp. (18554)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Rhomboplites sp. (145521)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica Rhomboplites aurorubens (186673)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Lutianus sp. (73485)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Turks and Caicos Islands Lutjanus spp., Lutjanus buccanella, Lutjanus griseus, Ocyurus chrysurus (209855)