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The piper gurnard, piper or lyre gurnard (Trigla lyra) is a fish species in the monotypic genus Trigla, part of the family Triglidae (the sea robins or gurnards). It is called the piper or piper gurnard because of the sound it makes when caught.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigla, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2333622	https://www.gbif.org/species/2333622
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	35918	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35918

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Scorpaeniformes : Triglidae : Trigla

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Scorpaeniformes : Triglidae : Trigla

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

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
order	Scorpaeniformes
family	Triglidae
genus	Trigla	Linnæus 1758

Scientific Name

Trigla Linnaeus, 1758

Name Published In

Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Trigla	subgenus	belongs to Otolithus	stated without evidence	Bassoli, 1906
Trigla	genus	belongs to Triglidae	stated without evidence	Nolf and Steurbaut, 1983
Trigla	genus	belongs to Scorpaeniformes	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

28.1 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic

Environment

marine (based on Vertebrata)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Scorpaeniformes)

Diet

carnivore (based on Scorpaeniformes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Common Name(s)

Gurnards, Mailed Gurnards

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigla

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)
Otolithus mirabilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trigla lyra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trigla miocenicus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Cerystion Walbaum, 1792	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Scorpaeniformes : Triglidae : *Cerystion*
Lyrichthys Kaup, 1873	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Scorpaeniformes : Triglidae : *Lyrichthys*
Corystion Klein, 1776	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Scorpaeniformes : Triglidae : *Corystion*
Triglia Naccari, 1822	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Scorpaeniformes : Triglidae : *Triglia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1758	Trigla Linnaeus p. 300
1906	Otolithus (Trigla) Bassoli
1983	Trigla Nolf and Steurbaut p. 178
2002	Trigla Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Linnaeus C. , Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1, 1-824 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.542

Nolf D., Steurbaut E. (1983) Revision des otolithes de teleosteens du Tortonien stratotypique et de Montegibbio (Miocene Superieur d'Italie Septentrionale), Mededelingen van de Werkgroep voor Tertiaire en Kwartaire Geologie 20 4, 143-197

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

Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2019). Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2019. - via World Register of Marine Species

Eschmeyer online (Jun 2012) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 - via World Register of Marine Species

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. - via World Register of Marine Species

FishBase - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Eschmeyer, R. (eds.) (2010) Catalog of Fishes electronic version (15 January 2010). http://research.calacademy.org/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

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