Luvarus

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.^[2]

Luvarus Temporal range: Early Eocene to present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Louvar (L. imperialis)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Family:	Luvaridae
Genus:	Luvarus Rafinesque, 1810
Type species
Luvarus imperialis Rafinesque, 1810[1]
Synonyms[1]
Ausonia Risso, 1827 Diana Risso, 1827 Proctostegus Nardo, 1827 Proluvarus Danilchenko, 1968 Astrodermus Cuvier, 1829 Scrofaria Gistel, 1848

Species

Luvarus contains the following 2 species:^[2][3]

• Luvarus imperialis Rafinesque, 1810 (Louvar)
• †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.^[4]