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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Suborder: | Acanthuroidei |
| Family: | Zanclidae Bleeker, 1876 |
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.
Genera and species
Zanclidae has the following taxa classified within it:
- Genus † Massalongius Tyler and Bannikov, 2005
- Species † Massalongius gazolai (Massalongo, 1859)
- Genus † Angiolinia
- Species † Angiolinia mirabilis
- Genus † Eozanclus Blot and Voruz, 1975
- Species † Eozanclus brevirostris (Agassiz, 1835)
- Genus Zanclus Cuvier, 1831
- Species Zanclus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Moorish idol)
(† means extinct)
References
- 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.
- 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.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Zanclidae". FishBase. February 2023 version.
- "Family Zanclidae (ray-finned fish)". Fossilworks. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
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