Luvarus imperialis
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The louvar or luvar (Luvarus imperialis) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, it is the only extant species in the genus Luvarus and family Luvaridae. This taxon is classified within the suborder Acanthuroidei, which includes the surgeonfish, of the order Acanthuriformes, and is the only pelagic species of this order. The juvenile form has a pair of spines near the base of the tail, like the surgeonfish, though they are lost in the adult.
Species
Least Concernlouvar
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyLuvaridae
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 102
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Luvaridae
- Collections
- SIO, USNM, NRM, OS, CAS, KU
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Italy, Australia
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Etymology
- Description
- Distribution and habitat
- Biology
- Fisheries
- References
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The louvar or luvar (Luvarus imperialis) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, it is the only extant species in the genus Luvarus and family Luvaridae. This taxon is classified within the suborder Acanthuroidei, which includes the surgeonfish, of the order Acanthuriformes, and is the only pelagic species of this order. The juvenile form has a pair of spines near the base of the tail, like the surgeonfish, though they are lost in the adult.
==Taxonomy== The louvar was first formally described in 1810 by the French polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque with its type locality given as Sicily. Rafinesque described it as the only species in the monospecific genus Luvarus. It is the only extant species in the genus and in the family Luvaridae, the Luvaridae being proposed by Theodore Gill in 1885. The family is included in the suborder Acanthuroidei of the order Acanthuriformes.
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