Siganoidea

Siganoidea
Siganus magnificus
Scatophagus argus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Percoidei
Superfamily:	Siganoidea

Siganoidea is a superfamily belonging to the suborder Acanthuroidei which in turn is part of the order Acanthuriformes. It contains two families of largely Indo-Pacific distribution.

Taxonomy

Siganoidea is recognised by the 5th edition of the Fishes of the World as a superfamily within the Percoidei. ^[1]

Families

The two families placed in the Siganoidea are: ^{[1] [2]}

• Scatophagidae Gill, 1883
• Siganidae Richardson, 1837

Molecular studies

Molecular analyses suggest that these families are closer to the surgeonfishes than to other Percoidei and place these families in the order Acanthuriformes. ^[3] Other workers have suggested that the two families are among those stated as incertae sedis with the series Eupercaria. ^[4]

References

1. J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 462–463. ISBN   978-1-118-34233-6.
2. 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 . Retrieved 24 July 2021.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Order Acanthuriformes". FishBase . June 2021 version.
4. Betancur-R, R.; Wiley, E.O.; Arratia, G.; et al. (2017). "Phylogenetic classification of bony fishes". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17 (162): 162. doi: 10.1186/s12862-017-0958-3 . PMC   5501477 . PMID   28683774.