Luvaridae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Suborder: Acanthuroidei
Family: Luvaridae
Gill, 1885[1]

Luvaridae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the suborder Acanthuroidei in the order Acanthuriformes. The family has a single extant species, the widespread louvar (Luvarus imperialis) and a small number of known extinct species.

Genera and species

The family Luvaridae contains the following taxa:[2]

  • Genus Luvarus Rafinesque, 1810
  • Aluvarus Bannikov & Tyler, 1995
    • Aluvarus praeimperialis Arambourg, 1967
  • Avitoluvarus Bannikov & Tyler, 1995
    • Avitoluvarus mariannae Bannikov & Tyler, 1995
    • Avitoluvarus dianae Bannikov & Tyler, 1995
    • Avitoluvarus eocaenicus Bannikov & Tyler, 2001
  • Beerichthys Casier, 1996
    • Beerichthys ingens Casier, 1996
  • Kushlukia Danilchenko, 1968
    • Kushlukia permira Danilchenko, 1968

means extinct

References

  1. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
  2. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2023). "Luvaridae" in FishBase. February 2023 version.
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