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Myripristinae

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Subfamily of fishes

Myripristinae
Temporal range: Middle Eocene–present PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Myripristis jacobus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beryciformes
Family: Holocentridae
Subfamily: Myripristinae
J. Richardson, 1846
Genera

Myripristinae is a subfamily of the ray-finned fish family Holocentridae. They are typically known as soldierfish.

Fossil members of the group include Africentrum from Malta, Holocentrites from Florida, and Eoholocentrum from Italy.

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Holocentridae". FishBase. October 2012 version.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Myripristinae Nelson, 1955". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
  3. Andrews, James V.; Schein, Jason P.; Friedman, Matt (2023). "An earliest Paleocene squirrelfish (Teleostei: Beryciformes: Holocentroidea) and its bearing on the timescale of holocentroid evolution". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 21 (1). Bibcode:2023JSPal..2168571A. doi:10.1080/14772019.2023.2168571. ISSN 1477-2019.

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Myripristinae


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