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Stomiatiformes

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	265825	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=265825

Rank

order (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Stomiatiformes

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
superclass	Actinopterygii
class	Actinopteri
subclass	Neopterygii
-	Teleosteomorpha	Arratia et al. 2004
-	Teleostei
-	Osteoglossocephalai
-	Clupeocephala	Patterson and Rosen 1977
-	Euteleosteomorpha
-	Stomiatii
order	Stomiatiformes

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Stomiatiformes	order	belongs to Osteichthyes	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Stomiatiformes	order	belongs to Teleostei	stated without evidence	Carnevale, 2002
Stomiatiformes	order	belongs to Stenopterygii	stated without evidence	Nelson, 2006
Stomiatiformes	order	belongs to Teleostei	stated with evidence	Fierstine et al., 2012
Stomiatiformes	order	belongs to Stomiatii	stated with evidence	Betancur-R et al., 2013
Stomiatiformes	order	belongs to Teleostei	stated without evidence	Afsari et al., 2014

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

36 (48%)

First Recorded Appearance

101 - 90 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

marine (based on Vertebrata)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Stomiatiformes)

Diet

carnivore (based on Stomiatiformes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. Betancur-R., R. E. Broughton, and E. O. Wiley, K. Carpenter, J. A. López, C. Li, N. I. Holcroft, D. Arcila, M. Sanciangco, J. C. Cureton, F. Zhang, T. Buser, M. A. Campbell, J. A. Ballesteros, A. Roa-Varon, S. Willis, W. C. Borden, T. Rowley, P. C. Reneau, G. Lu, T. Grande, G. Arratia, G. 2013. The tree of life and a new classification of bony fishes. PLOS Currents Tree of Life

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Gonostomatoidei suborder	listed (PBDB)	55	48.6 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Phosichthyoidei ✝ suborder	listed (PBDB)
Gonostomata ✝ infraorder	listed (PBDB)
Diplophidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Gonostomatidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	20	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Phosichthyidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	23	47.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Stomiidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	23	47.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Argyripnus genus	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Danaphos genus	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Ichthyococcus genus	listed (PBDB)	2	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Ohuus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Paravinciguerria ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Photichthys genus	listed (PBDB)	1	7.25 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Polymetme genus	listed (PBDB)	4	47.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Praewoodsia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Sahelinia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Sternoptyx genus	listed (PBDB)	1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
2002	Stomiiformes Carnevale
2002	Stomiiformes Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Stomiiformes Nelson
2011	Stomiiformes Long p. 243
2012	Stomiiformes Fierstine et al. p. 45
2013	Stomiatiformes Betancur-R. et al.
2014	Stomiiformes Afsari et al. p. 29

References

Betancur-R. R., Broughton R. E., et al (2013) The tree of life and a new classification of bony fishes, PLOS Currents Tree of Life doi:10.1371/currents.tol.53ba26640df0ccaee75bb165c8c26288

Carnevale G. (2002) A new barbeled dragonfish (Teleostei: Stomiiformes: Stomiidae) from the Miocene of Torricella Peligna, Italy: Abruzzoichthys erminioi gen. & sp. nov, Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 95, 471-479

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Nelson J. S. (2006) , Fishes of the world, 4th edition, 1-601

Long J. A. (2011) , The Rise of Fishes: 500 Million Years of Evolution (Second Edition), 1-287

Fierstine H. L., Huddleston R. W., et al (2012) Catalog of the Neogene bony fishes of California: A ystematic inventory of all published accounts, Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 159, 1-206

Afsari S., Yadiz M., et al (2014) A new deep-sea hatchetfish (Teleostei: Stomiiformes: Sternoptychidae) from the Eocene of Ilam, Zagros Basin, Iran, Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 53 1, 27-37 doi:10.4435/BSPI.2014.03

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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