Gonorynchidae

Gonorynchidae Temporal range: Albian–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Gonorynchus gonorynchus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gonorynchiformes
Family:	Gonorynchidae Fowler, 1941 [1]
Type genus
Gonorynchus Scopoli, 1777 [2]
Synonyms
Gonorhynchidae Richardson, 1848 [a]

Gonorynchidae is a family of ray-finned fish in the order Gonorynchiformes, which has a number of fossil taxa and one extant genus, Gonorynchus , the beaked salmons. They are an ancient group, with fossils known from as far back as the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous. ^{[3] [4]}

It is to be noted that Richardson is the original author of the family.

Taxonomy

The following genera are known: ^[3]

• † Charitopsis Gayet 1993
• † Charitosomus Hosius & Von Der Marck 1885
• † Gonorynchidarum Rana, 1988 [ otolith]
• Gonorynchus Scopoli, 1777 - beaked salmons ^[2]
• † Hakeliosomus Gayet 1993 (possibly synonymous with Ramallichthys)
• † Judeichthys Gayet 1985 (possibly synonymous with Ramallichthys)
• † Lecceichthys Taverne, 1998
• † Notogoneus Cope 1885 (=†Anormurus Blainville, 1818, †ProtocatostomusWhitfield 1891)
• † Sapperichthys Amaral, Alvardo-Ortega & Brito, 2013 ^[5]
• † Ramallichthys Gayet 1982

An indeterminate gonorynchid (previously classified in Charitosomus) is known from fossil remains from the late Albian or early-mid Cenomanian Kwango Group of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ^[3]

Notes

1. • GonorynchidaeFowler, 1941 is now the accepted name for the family, based on prevailing usage and the ICZN ruling.
   • GonorhynchidaeRichardson, 1848 is a junior synonym and no longer valid.

References

1. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 . PMID   25543675.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Gonorynchidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 25 November 2024.
3. Taverne, Emmanuel Fara, Mireille Gayet, Louis (2010), "The Fossil Record of Gonorynchiformes", Gonorynchiformes and Ostariophysan Relationships, CRC Press, pp. 173–226, doi:10.1201/b10194-6, ISBN   978-0-429-06156-1 , retrieved 2024-05-09
4. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Gonorynchidae Richardson, 1848". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
5. Cesar R. L. Amaral; Jesús Alvarado-Ortega; Paulo M. Brito (2013). "Sapperichthys gen. nov., a new gonorynchid from the Cenomanian of Chiapas, Mexico" (PDF). In Gloria Arratia; Hans-Peter Schultze; Mark V. H. Wilson (eds.). Mesozoic Fishes 5 – Global Diversity and Evolution. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. pp. 305–323. ISBN   978-3-89937-159-8.

• Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-05-17.