Luvaridae Knowpia

Luvaridae; Temporal range: Late Paleocene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Luvarus imperialis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Suborder:	Acanthuroidei
Family:	Luvaridae; Gill, 1885

Luvaridae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the suborder Acanthuroidei in the order Acanthuriformes, of which they are the only pelagic members. The family has a single extant species, the widespread louvar (Luvarus imperialis) and a small number of known extinct species.

Genera and species

The family Luvaridae contains the following taxa:^[2]

Genus Luvarus Rafinesque, 1810
- Luvarus imperialis Rafinesque, 1810
- † Luvarus necopinatus (Danilchenko, 1968)
† Aluvarus? Bannikov & Tyler, 1995 (disputed)
- † Aluvarus praeimperialis (Arambourg, 1967)
† Avitoluvarus Bannikov & Tyler, 1995
- † Avitoluvarus mariannae Bannikov & Tyler, 1995
- † Avitoluvarus dianae Bannikov & Tyler, 1995
- † Avitoluvarus eocaenicus Bannikov & Tyler, 2001
† Beerichthys Casier, 1996
- † Beerichthys ingens Casier, 1996
† Kushlukia Danilchenko, 1968
- † Kushlukia permira Danilchenko, 1968

† means extinct

^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Luvaridae". FishBase. February 2023 version.

Luvaridae Temporal range: Late Paleocene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Luvarus imperialis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Suborder:	Acanthuroidei
Family:	Luvaridae Gill, 1885^[1]