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Serranidae

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	53984	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=53984

Rank

family (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Perciformes : Serranidae

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
-	Neoteleostei	Rosen 1973
-	Eurypterygia
-	Ctenosquamata
-	Acanthomorphata
-	Euacanthomorphacea
-	Percomorphaceae
-	Percomorpharia
order	Perciformes	Stirton 1953
suborder	Serranoidei
family	Serranidae	Swainson 1839

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Serranidae	family	belongs to Percoidei	stated without evidence	Danil'chenko, 1960
Serranidae	family	belongs to Kurtiformes	stated without evidence	Jordan, 1963
Serranidae	family	belongs to Percoidae	stated with evidence	Frizzell and Dante, 1965
Serranidae	family	belongs to Percoidea	stated without evidence	Casier, 1966
Serranidae	family	belongs to Perciformes	stated without evidence	Danil'chenko, 1980
Serranidae	family	belongs to Beryciformes	stated without evidence	Nolf and Dockery, 1993
Serranidae	family	belongs to Perciformes	stated without evidence	Khajuria and Prasad, 1998
Serranidae	family	belongs to Teleostei	stated without evidence	Aguilera and de Aguilera, 2004
Serranidae	family	belongs to Percoidei	stated without evidence	Fierstine et al., 2012
Serranidae	family	belongs to Serranoidei	stated with evidence	Betancur-R et al., 2013
Serranidae	family	belongs to Perciformes	stated without evidence	Carnevale and Godfrey, 2018

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

16 (31%)

First Recorded Appearance

72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

marine (based on Vertebrata)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Perciformes)

Diet

carnivore (based on Perciformes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

C. K. Khajuria and G. V. R. Prasad. 1998. Taphonomy of a Late Cretaceous mammal-bearing microvertebrate assemblage from the Deccan inter-trappean beds of Naskal, peninsular India. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 137:153-172

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Epinephelinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Allomorone ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		11	56.0 Ma Paleocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Centropristis genus	listed (PBDB)		4	28.4 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Diplectrum genus	listed (PBDB)	Sand Perch	5	47.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Epigonus genus	listed (PBDB)		13	47.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Epinephelus genus	listed (PBDB)		12	47.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Mycteroperca genus	listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Palaeopercichthys ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Paleoserranus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Paralabrax ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		2	55.8 Ma Eocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Percostoma genus	listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Plesioserranus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Prolates ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		7	55.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Properca ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Protanthias ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Seriphus genus	listed (PBDB)		2	0.30 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Serraninus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Serranopsis genus	listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Serranus genus	listed (PBDB)		18	59.2 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Tavania ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1839	Serranidae Swainson
1960	Serranidae Danil'chenko p. 106
1963	Serranidae Jordan p. 693
1965	Serranidae Frizzell and Dante p. 702
1966	Serranidae Casier p. 186
1980	Serranidae Danil'chenko p. 115
1993	Serranidae Nolf and Dockery p. 32

Year	Name and Author
1998	Serranidae Khajuria and Prasad
1999	Serranidae Weems p. 61
2001	Serranidae Purdy et al. p. 169
2004	Serranidae Aguilera and de Aguilera
2012	Serranidae Fierstine et al. p. 113
2013	Serranidae Betancur-R. et al.
2018	Serranidae Carnevale and Godfrey p. 175

References

Khajuria C. K., Prasad G. V. R. (1998) Taphonomy of a Late Cretaceous mammal-bearing microvertebrate assemblage from the Deccan inter-trappean beds of Naskal, peninsular India, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 137, 153-172

Danil'chenko P. G. (1960) Bony fishes of the Maikop deposits of the Caucasus, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 78, 1-247

Jordan D. S. (1963) The Genera of Fishes and a Classification of Fishes, Stanford University Press, 1-816

Frizzell D. L., Dante J. H. (1965) Otoliths of some early Cenozoic fishes of the Gulf Coast, Journal of Paleontology 39 4, 687-718

Casier E. (1966) , Faune ichthyologique du London Clay, 1-510

Danil'chenko P. G. (1980) Otryad Perciformes, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 178, 115-169

Nolf D., Dockery D. (1993) Fish otoliths from the Mathews Landing Marl Member (Porters Creek Formation), Paleocene of Alabama, Mississippi Geology 14 2, 24-39

Weems R. E. (1999) Part 4. Actinopterygian Fishes from the Fisher/Sullivan Site, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 152, 53-100

Purdy R. W., Schneider V. P., et al (2001) The Neogene sharks, rays, and bony fishes from Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 90, 71-202

Aguilera O., de Aguilera D. D. (2004) Goliath grouper (Pisces: Serranidae) from the Upper Miocene Urumaco Formation, Venezuela, Journal of Paleontology 78 6, 1202-1206

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

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., Godfrey S. J. (2018) Miocene Bony Fishes of the Calvert, Choptank, St. Marys, and Eastover Formations, Chesapeake Group, Maryland and Virginia, Smithsonian Contribution to Paleobiology, 161-212

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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