Zanclidae

Zanclidae Temporal range: Early Eocene to present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Suborder:	Acanthuroidei
Family:	Zanclidae Bleeker, 1876 [1]

Zanclidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the suborder Acanthuroidei within the order Acanthuriformes. It contains one extant species, the Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus) and a number of extinct species. ^[2]

Genera and species

Proposed Zanclidae cladogram by Carnevale & Tyler

Zanclidae has the following taxa classified within it: ^{[4] [5]}

• Genus Zanclus Cuvier, 1831
  • Species Zanclus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Moorish idol)
• Genus † Massalongius Tyler and Bannikov, 2005
  • Species † Massalongius gazolai ( Massalongo , 1859 )
• Genus † Angiolinia Carnevale & Tyler, 2024
  • Species † Angiolinia mirabilis Carnevale & Tyler, 2024
• Genus † Eozanclus Blot & Voruz, 1975
  • Species †  Eozanclus brevirostris  (Agassiz, 1835)

(† means extinct)

Fossil specimen of Eozanclus

Eozanclus brevirostris is an extinct species in the Zanclidae family that was first discovered by Giovanni Serafino Volta in 1796. ^{[6] [ verification needed ]} The species later received separate taxonomic status within the Zanclidae family through the description of Blot and Voruz in 1970 and 1975. Angiolinia mirabilis is another extinct Zanclid that was described by Giorgio Carnevale and James C. Tyler in 2024 based on three specimens found in Bolca, Italy. Carnevale & Tyler found that Zanclus cornutus and Angiolinia mirabilis form a derived clade distinguishable from Eozanclus brevirostris by one supernumerary spine on the first dorsal-fin pterygiophore, one uroneural in the caudal skeleton, and distally filamentous dorsal-fin spines (except the first two fins). ^[3]

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. J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 497–502. ISBN   978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
3. Carnevale, Giorgio; Tyler, James (2024-02-08). "A New Moorish Idol (Teleostei, Zanclidae) from the Eocene of Bolca, Italy". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 130 (1): 21794. Bibcode:2024RIPS..13021794C. doi: 10.54103/2039-4942/21794 . ISSN   2039-4942.
4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Zanclidae". FishBase . February 2023 version.
5. "Family Zanclidae (ray-finned fish)". Fossilworks. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
6. "Ittiolitologia veronese del Museo Bozziano ora annesso a quello del conte Giovambattista Gazola e di altri gabinetti di fossili veronesi - Yale University Library". collections.library.yale.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-09.