Luvaridae

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 Temporal range: Late Paleocene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Luvarus imperialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Suborder:	Acanthuroidei
Family:	Luvaridae Gill, 1885[1]

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