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Hydrocynus

Actinopteri - Characiformes - Alestidae

Taxonomy
Hydrocynus was named by Cuvier (1816). It is extant.

It was assigned to Alestidae by Otero et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Hydrocynus Cuvier
2015Hydrocynus Otero et al. p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
—Ostariophysi(Jordan and Evermann 1896)
—Otophysa
superorderCharaciphysae
orderCharaciformesRegan 1911
suborderCharacoidei
superfamilyAlestoidea
familyAlestidae
genusHydrocynusCuvier 1816

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. Hydrocynus Cuvier 1816
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:36:16
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:36:16
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Calabrian or 47.80000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (77 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Namibia (Sperrgebiet) H. sp. (149173)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9Libya (Sirt) H. sp. (175361 175362 187327 187328)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Kenya H. sp. (174672)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Tanzania (Mbeya) H. sp. (190951)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Uganda H. sp. (22214 22217 22218 22245 22247 22392 22396 22398 22400 22405 22419 22422 22433 22437 22457)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya H. sp. (22241)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Uganda H. sp. (22358 22443)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Uganda H. sp. (22345)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Chad H. sp. (24181)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chad H. sp. (59839)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Tanzania H. sp. (22042 22058)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya H. sp. (22242)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya H. sp. (21406 21510 22240)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Congo-Kinshasa H. sp. (22198)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Uganda H. sp. (22257 22258 22265)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Kenya H. sp. (22235 22239)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa H. sp. (22122 22207 22346)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Uganda H. sp. (22202 22203 22209)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Egypt H. sp. (22592)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia H. sp. (21546)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Kenya H. sp. (21425 21432 21436 21485 21509)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Uganda H. sp. (22178)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya H. sp. (21398 21412 21418 21420 21451 21457 21461 21478 21483 21486 21504 21537)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia H. sp. (21545)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya H. sp. (21367 21370 21421 21462 21495 21498 22342)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) H. sp. (21294)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya H. sp. (21368 21443)