Siganoidea

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

Siganoidea is a superfamily belonging to the suborder Percoidei which in turn is the largest suborder of the order Perciformes. 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]

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. ^ a b 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.