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Taxon: Family Echeneidae Rafinesque, 1810 - remoras and sharksuckers (fish)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Actinopteri - (Order) Carangiformes

Current position

Carangoidei (Suborder) Ref: R. van der Laan et al., 2021: (4 Feb 2025); ECoF(4 Feb 2025); [Nelson et al., 2016: 383].

Alternative positions

Carangiformes (Order) Jordan, 1923 Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 77.
carangoid lineage ([unranked]) Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 342.
Perciformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 369.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 35.

Historical positions

Carangiformes (Order) Jordan, 1923 Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 77.
Carangiformes (Order) Jordan, 1923 Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 24.
Carangiformes (Order) Jordan, 1923 Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 384-385.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 35.
carangoid lineage ([unranked]) Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 361-362; 342, 360.
Perciformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 369.
Perciformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: 1998
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2478.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 609.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: S.P. Parker, 1982: 1115. [error]
Perciformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 686-687. [rough position]
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2025 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 3g;7s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 15 Jul 2025 [3g]
2011 W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 35 3g;8s
2006 J.S. Nelson: 362 [4g]
1982 R.A. Fritzsche: 918 [4g;8s]
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Last updated: 21 Sep 2025