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).[2]
^ abEschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Luvaridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
^Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2023). Species of Luvarus in FishBase. February 2023 version.
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...
Luvarus necopinatus is a species of extinct louvar that lived in the Tethys Ocean during the early Paleogene. It differs from the modern species, L. imperialis...
Names brought to synonymy Coryphaena elegans Cuvier, 1833, a synonym for Luvarus imperialis Rafinesque, 1810 List of fish families Wikimedia Commons has...
widespread louvar (Luvarus imperialis) and a small number of known extinct species. The family Luvaridae contains the following taxa: Genus Luvarus Rafinesque...
A. praeimperialis was originally thought to be a luvar, described as "Luvarus praeimperialis", as it was thought to be a predecessor to the modern luvar...
originally thought to be smaller or juvenile individuals of the true louvar, Luvarus necopinatus. These specimens were later reexamined, and determined to be...
dated as Upper Paleocene. This includes fossils of the family Turkmenidae. Luvarus necopinatus was first described in this formation. Other fossils of fish...
1921 (Lamberts Bay to Maputo. Endemic) Family Luvaridae – louvar Louvar, Luvarus imperialis Rafinesque, 1810 (All oceans and Mediterranean sea, not reported...
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