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Apogon

Actinopteri - Kurtiformes - Apogonidae

Taxonomy
Apogon was named by Lacépède (1802) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 560]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Percoidei by Agassiz (1835); to Apogoninae by Steurbaut (1984); to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Apogonidae by Casier (1966), Stinton and Nolf (1970), Nolf (1972), Steurbaut (1982), Nolf and Steurbaut (1983), Nolf and Bajpai (1992), Stringer (1998), Schwarzhans (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Apogon Lacépède
1835Apogon Agassiz p. 39ff
1966Apogon Casier p. 440
1970Apogon Stinton and Nolf p. 225
1972Apogon Nolf p. 145
1982Apogon Steurbaut p. 43
1983Apogon Nolf and Steurbaut p. 179
1984Apogon Steurbaut p. 79
1992Apogon Nolf and Bajpai p. 200
1998Apogon Stringer p. 150
2002Apogon Sepkoski
2019Apogon Schwarzhans p. 195

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Gobiomorpharia
orderKurtiformes
suborderApogonoidei
familyApogonidaeBonaparte 1846
genusApogonLacépède 1802

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Apogon Lacépède 1802
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†Apogon arambourgi Stinton and Nolf 1970
†Apogon banaticus Weiler 1950
†Apogon bellovacinus Priem 1911
†Apogon gaasensis Steurbaut 1984
†Apogon glaber Casier 1966
†Apogon lozanoi Bauza 1957
†Apogon moyesi Steurbaut 1982
†Apogon quadrangularis Sulc 1932
Apogon ruber Lacépède 1801
†Apogon spinosus Agassiz 1835
†Apogon townsendoides Nolf and Bajpai 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:44:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:44:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 55.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.6 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9France A. bellovacinus (220174)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6United Kingdom (England) A. glaber (3262)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Belgium A. arambourgi (123069)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India (Kachchh) A. sp. (202251)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) A. bellovacinus (41989 41992 41996 41998) A. boulei, A. bellovacinus (41994)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France A. dominans, A. glaber (188957) A. glaber (188960)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Pakistan A. sp. (45619)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) A. tuberculatus (3265)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Indonesia (Java) A. sp., A. townsendoides (202252)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France A. quadrangularis (222677)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France A. moyesi (152695 219194)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary A. sp., A. moyesi (184477)
Chattian - Early/Lower Miocene28.1 - 15.97Greece (Greneva) A. moyesi (222448)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France A. imberbis (219195)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Paraguana) A. sp. (118106)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333India A. sp. (230225)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France A. imberbis (219196)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (North Shore) A. asciforme (219524 219526)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama A. sp. (145519 145520)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy A. sp. (178120)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) A. sp. (135043)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece (Peloponnese) A. sp. (207769)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica A. sp. (186673)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Greece (Crete) A. sp. (207357)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greece (Rhodes) A. sp. (207580)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) A. sp. (161932)