Luvarus
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|56|0|Early Eocene to present}}
| image = FMIB 49410 Game Fishes of North America (Pacific Ocean) -.jpeg
| image_caption = Louvar (L. imperialis)
| taxon = Luvarus
| authority = Rafinesque, 1810
| type_species = Luvarus imperialis
| type_species_authority = Rafinesque, 1810{{Cof family|family=Luvaridae|access-date=9 July 2023}}
| synonyms = {{Genus list
| Ausonia | Risso, 1827
| Diana | Risso, 1827
| Proctostegus | Nardo, 1827
| Proluvarus | Danilchenko, 1968
| Astrodermus | Cuvier, 1829
| Scrofaria | Gistel, 1848
}}
}}
Luvarus is a genus of ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Luvaridae. It is the only extant genus in that family and its only extant species is the cosmopolitan louvar (Luvarus imperialis), with one fossil species (L. necopinatus) known from the earliest Eocene of Turkmenistan.{{FishBase genus|genus=Luvarus|month=February|year=2023}}
Species
Luvarus contains the following 2 species:{{cite web|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=36079|title=Luvarus Rafinesque 1810 (perch-like fish)|access-date=9 July 2023|publisher=Fossilworks}}
- Luvarus imperialis Rafinesque, 1810 (Louvar)
- {{extinct}}Luvarus necopinatus (Danilchenko, 1968)
A reexamination of the specimens of Luvarus praeimperialis published in 1995 found that it has features which are not consistent with its classification in this genus and familyand it has been classified in its own genus Aluvarus as family incertae sedis.{{cite journal |author1 = Bannikov, A. |author2 = Tyler, James |name-list-style=& |year=1995 |title=Phylogenetic Revision of the Fish Families Luvaridae and Kushlukiidae (Acanthuroidei), with a New Genus and Two New Species of Eocene Luvarids |journal=Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology |volume=81 |issue = 81 |pages=1–45 |doi=10.5479/si.00810266.81.1|url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/159020 }}
References
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Category:Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque