WoRMS taxon details
Promethichthys Gill, 1893
AphiaID: 125974
AphiaID: 125974
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Gempylidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Gempylidae | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Dicrotus Prometheus Promethychthis (misspelling) Promethycthus (misspelling) Prometichthys (misspelling) | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] from synonym: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Promethichthys prometheus (Cuvier, 1832) Species Promethichthys pacificus Seale, 1906 accepted as Promethichthys prometheus (Cuvier, 1832) Species Promethichthys solandri Jordan, Evermann & Tanaka, 1927 accepted as Promethichthys prometheus (Cuvier, 1832) | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125974 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Promethichthys Gill, 1893. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125974 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||
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