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Taxon: Genus Cepola Linnaeus, 1764 (fish)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Actinopteri - (Order) Acanthuriformes - (Family) Cepolidae

Original position

Thoracici (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Cepolidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815

Original entries

Cepola macrophthalma (C. Linnaeus, 1758)

Current position

Cepolinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815

Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 387; ECoF(9 Sep 2025).

Alternative positions

*Cepolidae* (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 371.
*Thoracici* (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 445. [new taxon]

Historical positions

*Cepolinae* (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 387.
*Cepolidae* (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 371.
*Cepolidae* (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 926.
*Thoracici* (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 423, 445. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	5s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[5s]
1990-present	R. Froese & D. Pauly: 26 Sep 2005	[5s]

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