Biology:Luvarus

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Luvarus
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Louvar (L. imperialis)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Luvaridae
Genus: Luvarus
Rafinesque, 1810
Type species
Luvarus imperialis
Rafinesque, 1810[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Proluvarus Ausonia
  • Risso, 1827 Risso, 1827
  • Danilchenko, 1968 Astrodermus
  • Proctostegus Cuvier, 1829
  • Diana Nardo, 1827
  • Gistel, 1848 Scrofaria

Luvarus is a genus of ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Luvaridae. It is the only extant genus in that family and its only extant species is the cosmopolitan louvar (Luvarus imperialis).[2]

Species

Luvarus contains the following 3 species:[2][3]

A reexamination of the specimens of L. praeimperialis published in 1995 found that it has features which are not consistent with its classification in this genus and familyand it has been classified in its own genus Aluvar as family incertae sedis.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Genera in the family Luvaridae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Luvaridae. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2023). Species of Luvarus in FishBase. February 2023 version.
  3. "Luvarus Rafinesque 1810 (perch-like fish)". Fossilworks. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=36079. 
  4. Bannikov, A.; Tyler, James (1995). "Phylogenetic Revision of the Fish Families Luvaridae and Kushlukiidae (Acanthuroidei), with a New Genus and Two New Species of Eocene Luvarids". Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 81: 1-45. doi:10.5479/si.00810266.81.1. 

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