Zanclidae

Zanclidae
Scientific 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

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

• 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

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. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Zanclidae". FishBase. February 2023 version.
4. "Family Zanclidae (ray-finned fish)". Fossilworks. Retrieved 10 July 2023.