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Lethrinidae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 169129

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): porgies [English]
  
    rudderfishes [English]
  
    scavengers [English]
  
    emperor breams [English]
  
    emperors [English]
  
    pigface breams [English]
  
    sweetlips [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderPercoidei   
                                  FamilyLethrinidae  – porgies, rudderfishes, scavengers, emperor breams, emperors, pigface breams, sweetlips  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SubfamilyLethrininae   
                                     SubfamilyMonotaxinae   
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lethrinidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Carpenter, Kent E., and Gerald R. Allen   
  Publication Date: 1989   
  Article/Chapter Title: Emperor Fishes and Large-Eye Breams of the World (Family Lethrinidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of Lethrinid species known to date.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Vol. 9   
  Page(s): 118   
  Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   
  Publication Place: Rome, Italy   
  ISBN/ISSN: 92-5-102889-3   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lethrinidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.   
  Publication Date: 1994   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lethrinidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.   
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lethrinidae   
       

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