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.
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: 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
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