| Taxon | Gonorynchidae |
|---|---|
| Authority | Fowler, 1941[1] |
| Type genus | Gonorynchus |
| Type genus authority | Scopoli, 1777[2] |
| Subdivision ranks | Genera |
| Synonyms | Gonorhynchidae Richardson, 1848[a] |
Gonorynchidae is a family of ray-finned fish in the order Gonorynchiformes, which has a number of fossil taxa and one extant genus, Gonorynchus, the beaked salmons. They are an ancient group, with fossils known from as far back as the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous.[3][4] The family name comes from Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía), meaning "angle", and ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos), meaning "snout", referring to the angular snout that the type species use to dig themselves into the sand.
John Richardson is the original author of the family.
Taxonomy
The following genera are known:[3]
- Aperioptus Richardson, 1848 (Incertae sedis)
- †Charitopsis Gayet 1993
- †Charitosomus Hosius & Von Der Marck 1885
- †Gonorynchidarum Rana, 1988 [otolith]
- Gonorynchus Scopoli, 1777 - beaked salmons[2]
- †Hakeliosomus Gayet 1993 (possibly synonymous with Ramallichthys)
- †Judeichthys Gayet 1985 (possibly synonymous with Ramallichthys)
- †Lecceichthys Taverne, 1998
- †Notogoneus Cope 1885 (=†Anormurus Blainville, 1818, †Protocatostomus Whitfield 1891)
- †Sapperichthys Amaral, Alvardo-Ortega & Brito, 2013[5]
- †Ramallichthys Gayet 1982
An indeterminate gonorynchid (previously classified in Charitosomus) is known from fossil remains from the late Albian or early-mid Cenomanian Kwango Group of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[3]
Notes
- ^ *Gonorynchidae Fowler, 1941 is now the accepted name for the family, based on prevailing usage and the ICZN ruling. *Gonorhynchidae Richardson, 1848 is a junior synonym and no longer valid.
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
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- ^ Taverne, Emmanuel Fara, Mireille Gayet, Louis (2010), "The Fossil Record of Gonorynchiformes", Gonorynchiformes and Ostariophysan Relationships, CRC Press, pp. 173–226, doi:10.1201/b10194-6. ISBN 978-0-429-06156-1, retrieved 2024-05-09
- ^ Bailly, Nicolas (2015). "Gonorynchidae Richardson, 1848". 267014. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ^ Cesar R. L. Amaral; Jesús Alvarado-Ortega; Paulo M. Brito (2013). "Sapperichthys gen. nov., a new gonorynchid from the Cenomanian of Chiapas, Mexico". Mesozoic Fishes 5 – Global Diversity and Evolution. Gloria Arratia; Hans-Peter Schultze; Mark V. H. Wilson (eds.). Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. pp. 305–323. ISBN 978-3-89937-159-8.
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-05-17.