Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Actinopterygii - (Order) Carangiformes - (Family) Echeneididae

Original position

Thoracici (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Original entries

Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758
Echeneis neucrates Linnaeus, 1758
Echeneis remora Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Echeneididae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815

Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 918.

Alternative positions

Echeneidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 369.
Thoracici (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 446.

Historical positions

Echeneididae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 152. [implicit]
Echeneidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 369.
Echeneididae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 918.
Echeneidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 687.
Echeneidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Thoracici (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 423, 446.
Thoracici (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 242, 260. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[2s]
1990-present	R. Froese & D. Pauly: 26 Sep 2005	[2s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[2s]