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Apogon

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)35942https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35942
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Kurtiformes : Apogonidae : Apogon
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii
classActinopteri
subclassNeopterygii
-TeleosteomorphaArratia et al. 2004
-Teleostei
-Osteoglossocephalai
-ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
-Euteleosteomorpha
-NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
-Eurypterygia
-Ctenosquamata
-Acanthomorphata
-Euacanthomorphacea
-Percomorphaceae
-Gobiomorpharia
orderKurtiformes
suborderApogonoidei
familyApogonidaeBonaparte 1846
genusApogonLacépède 1802
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Apogongenusbelongs to Percoideistated without evidenceAgassiz, 1835
Apogongenusbelongs to Apogonidaestated without evidenceCasier, 1966
Apogongenusbelongs to Perciformessecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)6
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (33%)
First Recorded Appearance55.8 - 48.6 Ma
Eocene
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Acanthomorphata)
Dietomnivore (based on Acanthomorphata)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Apogon glaber ✝
species		listed (PBDB)355.8 Ma
Eocene		47.8 Ma
Eocene
Apogon lozanoi ✝
species		listed (PBDB)
Apogon ruber
species		listed (PBDB)0 Ma
Extant
Apogon spinosus ✝
species		listed (PBDB)
Apogon townsendoides ✝
species		listed (PBDB)141.3 Ma
Eocene		41.3 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1802Apogon Lacépède
1835Apogon Agassiz p. 39ff
1966Apogon Casier p. 440
1983Apogon Nolf and Steurbaut p. 179
1992Apogon Nolf and Bajpai p. 200
1998Apogon Stringer p. 150
2002Apogon Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Agassiz L. , Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome IV (livr. 4). Imprimerie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel, 33-52
Casier E. (1966) , Faune ichthyologique du London Clay, 1-510
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
Nolf D., Bajpai S. (1992) Marine middle Eocene fish otoliths from India and Java, Bulletin de I'lnstitut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 62, 195-221
Stringer G. L. (1998) Otolith-based fishes form the Bowden Shell Bed (Pliocene) of Jamaica: Systematics and Palaeoecology, Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 35 1-4, 147-160
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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