IRMNG - Echeneidae Rafinesque, 1810

IRMNG taxon details

Echeneidae Rafinesque, 1810

IRMNG_ID

110254 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:110254)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Perciformes

Synonymised names

Echeneididae · unaccepted

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Genus Echeneis Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Phtheirichthys Gill, 1862
Genus Remora Gill, 1862
Genus Echensis accepted as Echeneis Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
Genus Echineis Swainson, 1838 accepted as Echeneis Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Echneis accepted as Echeneis Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
Genus Leptecheneis Gill, 1864 accepted as Echeneis Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Phthierichthys accepted as Phtheirichthys Gill, 1862 (misspelling)
Genus Pseudoremora Taranetz, 1937 accepted as Remora Gill, 1862
Genus Remilegia Gill, 1862 accepted as Remora Gill, 1862
Genus Remora Forster, 1771 (Not validly published)
Genus Remora Catesby, 1771 (Not available, published in a rejected work on Official Index (Opinion 89, Opinion 259))
Genus Remora Gouan, 1770 accepted as Remora Gill, 1862
Genus Remorina Jordan & Evermann, 1896 accepted as Remora Gill, 1862 (synonym)
Genus Remoropsis Gill, 1863 accepted as Remora Gill, 1862
Genus Rhombochirus Gill, 1863 accepted as Remora Gill, 1862

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2023). Echeneidae Rafinesque, 1810. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=110254 on 2024-11-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-19 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2023-05-20 14:33:10Z

changed

Girard, Jean-Sébastien

[taxonomic tree] [list species]

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

additional source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details]

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

extant flag source Benton (1993) (as Echeneididae) [details]

habitat flag source FishBase [details]

Unreviewed

Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Osteichthyes (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Percoidei (Suborder) > Echeneidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info From FishBase: Brackish + Marine. FishBase flag: All Marine. [details]

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