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Zanclidae

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Zanclidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 an extinct species.[2]

Genera and species

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Zanclidae has the following taxa classified within it:[3][4]

( means extinct)

References

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  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.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Zanclidae". FishBase. February 2023 version.
  4. ^ "Family Zanclidae (ray-finned fish)". Fossilworks. Retrieved 10 July 2023.