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Opsanus

Actinopteri - Batrachoidiformes - Batrachoididae

Taxonomy
Opsanus was named by Rafinesque (1818).

It was assigned to Batrachoididae by Purdy et al. (2001) and Carnevale and Godfrey (2018).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Opsanus Rafinesque
2001Opsanus Purdy et al. p. 165
2018Opsanus Carnevale and Godfrey p. 171

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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
Batrachoidimorpharia
orderBatrachoidiformes
familyBatrachoididae
genusOpsanusRafinesque 1818

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. †Opsanus Rafinesque 1818
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Opsanus tao Linnaeus 1766
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:55:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:55:54
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Rancholabrean or 5.33300 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) O. tau (52582)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) O. sp. (22712)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) O. sp. (20440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) O. sp. (20604)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) O. sp. (57706 73485)