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Taxon: Family Holocentridae Bonaparte, 1833 - squirrelfishes and soldierfishes (fish)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Berycoidei (Suborder) Patterson, 1964 Ref: C. Patterson, 1964: 341.

Current position

Holocentroidei (Suborder) Johnson & Patterson, 1993 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 303; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).

Alternative positions

Beryciformes (Order) Günther, 1880 Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 151.
Berycoidei (Suborder) Patterson, 1964 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 608.
Holocentriformes (Order) Betancur et al., 2013 Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 74.

Historical positions

Holocentriformes (Order) Betancur et al., 2013 Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 74.
Holocentriformes (Order) Betancur et al., 2013 Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 22.
Holocentriformes (Order) Betancur et al., 2013 Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 304.
Beryciformes (Order) Günther, 1880 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Beryciformes (Order) Günther, 1880 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 33.
Beryciformes (Order) Günther, 1880 Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 151.
Holocentroidei (Suborder) Johnson & Patterson, 1993 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 303.
Beryciformes (Order) Günther, 1880 Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 368.
Beryciformes (Order) Günther, 1880 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2471.
Beryciformes (Order) Günther, 1880 Ref: 1998
Berycoidei (Suborder) Patterson, 1964 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 608.
Berycoidei (Suborder) Patterson, 1964 Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 902.

Number of Subtaxa

2025 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 8g;84s; †2g;1s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 27 Jun 2025 [8g;84s]
2011 W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 33 8g;84s
2006 J.S. Nelson: 304 [8g]
1982 R.A. Fritzsche: 902 2sf;(8g);70s
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Last updated: 21 Sep 2025