Stereolepis

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Stereolepis
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Stereolepis gigas
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acropomatiformes
Family: Stereolepididae
Smith et al., 2022
Genus: Stereolepis
Ayres, 1859
Type species
Stereolepis gigas
Ayres, 1859 [1]
Synonyms [1]

Megaperca Hilgendorf, 1878

Stereolepis is a genus of marine ray-finned fish native to the Pacific Ocean. It is the only valid genus in the family Stereolepididae in the order Acropomatiformes. [1]

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Species

The following two species are classified in the genus Stereolepis: [2]

A single fossil species, † Stereolepis arcanum Přikryl, Lin, Hsu & Lee, 2024 is known from the Early Pliocene of Taiwan. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Stereolepididae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Stereolepis". FishBase . December 2020 version.
  3. ↑ Přikryl, Tomáš; Lin, Chien-Hsiang; Hsu, Chia-Hsin; Lee, Shih-Wei (2024-05-22). "New Acropomatiform Fossils from the Upper Kueichulin Formation (Lower Pliocene), Northern Taiwan". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 130 (2) 22639. Bibcode:2024RIPS..13022639P. doi: 10.54103/2039-4942/22639 . ISSN   2039-4942.


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