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Pontinus Poey, 1860 
AphiaID: 126170

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Scorpaenidae (Family) > Scorpaeninae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Scorpaeninae
Synonymised
taxa
  Nemapontinus
Pontius (misspelling)
Sebastoplus
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]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

from synonym: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon]

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taxa

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 Species Pontinus accraensis Norman, 1935
Species Pontinus castor Poey, 1860
Species Pontinus clemensi Fitch, 1955
Species Pontinus corallinus Miranda Ribeiro, 1903
Species Pontinus furcirhinus Garman, 1899
Species Pontinus helena Eschmeyer, 1965
Species Pontinus hexanema (Günther, 1880)
Species Pontinus kuhlii (Bowdich, 1825)
Species Pontinus leda Eschmeyer, 1969
Species Pontinus longispinis Goode & Bean, 1896
Species Pontinus macrocephalus (Sauvage, 1882)
Species Pontinus nematophthalmus (Günther, 1860)
Species Pontinus nigerimum Eschmeyer, 1983
Species Pontinus nigropunctatus (Günther, 1868)
Species Pontinus rathbuni Goode & Bean, 1896
Species Pontinus rhodochrous (Günther, 1872)
Species Pontinus sierra (Gilbert, 1890)
Species Pontinus strigatus Heller & Snodgrass, 1903
Species Pontinus tentacularis (Fowler, 1938)
Species Pontinus vaughani Barnhart & Hubbs, 1946

Species Pontinus beanorum Evermann & Marsh, 1900 accepted as Neomerinthe beanorum (Evermann & Marsh, 1900)
Species Pontinus canariensis (Sauvage, 1878) accepted as Scorpaena canariensis (Sauvage, 1878)
Species Pontinus dubius Steindachner, 1902 accepted as Pontinus furcirhinus Garman, 1899
Species Pontinus filifer (Valenciennes, 1840) accepted as Pontinus kuhlii (Bowdich, 1825)
Species Pontinus kuhli (Bowdich, 1825) accepted as Pontinus kuhlii (Bowdich, 1825)
Species Pontinus macrolepis Goode & Bean, 1896 accepted as Pontinus nematophthalmus (Günther, 1860)
Species Pontinus microlepis Bean, 1912 accepted as Pontinus castor Poey, 1860
Species Pontinus niger Fourmanoir, 1971 accepted as Ectreposebastes niger (Fourmanoir, 1971)
Species Pontinus pollux Poey, 1860 accepted as Pontinus castor Poey, 1860
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126170
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2006-09-27 07:06:07Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2013-01-04 15:09:25Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Pontinus Poey, 1860. 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=126170 on 2013-05-25
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