Blenniiformes

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Blenniiformes
Temporal range: Early Paleocene to present
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Alticus anjouanae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Ovalentaria
Order: Blenniiformes
Bleeker, 1860
Families

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Blenniiformes is an order of percomorph fish in the clade Ovalentaria, of which it is the most diverse group. This order contains several well-known fish groups such as blennies and damselfish. [1]

The term is derived from the Latin word blennius , which itself comes from the Ancient Greek word βλεννός (blennos), meaning "mucus" or "slime." This refers to the slimy coating that is often found on the scales of blenny fish.

The earliest known member of this order is the stem group-damselfish Chaychanus from the Early Paleocene of Mexico. [2]

Taxonomy

As with many other percomorphs, most members of this group were originally placed in the Perciformes. Previously, Fishes of the World defined this order as restricted to the blennies and their close relatives, and placed several taxa such as the damselfishes, jawfishes, and surfperches as indeterminate members of Ovalentaria. [3] Phylogenetic evidence suggests that these families form a successive grade leading to blennies, leading to them also being placed in this order by newer authorities such as Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes . [4] [5] Some studies go even further and also place the Cichliformes and Mugiliformes (the closest relatives of this group based on phylogenetic studies) within this order, although this is not followed by Catalog of Fishes. [2] [6]

The following families are placed here by Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: [7]

References

  1. ↑ Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Van der Laan, R. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  2. 1 2 Near, Thomas J.; Thacker, Christine E. (2024-04-18). "Phylogenetic Classification of Living and Fossil Ray-Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 65 (1): 101. Bibcode:2024BPMNH..65..101N. doi:10.3374/014.065.0101. ISSN   0079-032X.
  3. ↑ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 348. ISBN   978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  4. ↑ Betancur-R, Ricardo; Wiley, Edward O.; Arratia, Gloria; Acero, Arturo; Bailly, Nicolas; Miya, Masaki; Lecointre, Guillaume; Ortí, Guillermo (2017-07-06). "Phylogenetic classification of bony fishes". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17 (1): 162. Bibcode:2017BMCEE..17..162B. doi: 10.1186/s12862-017-0958-3 . ISSN   1471-2148. PMC   5501477 . PMID   28683774.
  5. ↑ Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Van der Laan, R. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  6. ↑ Thacker, Christine E.; Near, Thomas J. (2025-03-13). "Phylogeny, biology, and evolution of acanthopterygian fish clades". Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. doi: 10.1007/s11160-025-09935-w . ISSN   1573-5184.
  7. ↑ Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Van der Laan, R. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
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