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Sciaenops

Actinopteri - Acanthuriformes - Sciaenidae

Taxonomy
Sciaenops was named by Gill (1863) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 560]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Sciaenoidei by Fitch and Lavenberg (1983) and Purdy et al. (2001); to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Sciaenidae by Hastings and Dooley (2017) and Carnevale and Godfrey (2018); and to Sciaenidae by Cicimurri et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Sciaenops Gill
1983Sciaenops Fitch and Lavenberg p. 513
2001Sciaenops Purdy et al. p. 175
2002Sciaenops Sepkoski
2017Sciaenops Hastings and Dooley p. 83
2018Sciaenops Carnevale and Godfrey p. 183
2022Sciaenops Cicimurri 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)
Osteoglossocephalai
RankNameAuthor
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Percomorpharia
orderAcanthuriformes
suborderSciaenoideiCuvier 1828
familySciaenidaeCuvier 1828
genusSciaenopsGill 1863

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. Sciaenops Gill 1863
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Sciaenops ocellata Linnaeus 1766
Sciaenops ocellatus Linnaeus 1766
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 Rupelian to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.1 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (South Carolina) S. sp. (60444 224900)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Paraguana) S. reyzi (118106)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62USA (Maryland) S. eastmani (123869)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) S. ocellatus (57700) S. sp. (187324)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) S. sp., S. ocellata, S. ocellatus (52582)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) S. ocellatus (227368)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) S. sp. (188304)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) S. sp. (73485)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) S. ocellatus (227371)