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Nerophis Rafinesque, 1810 
AphiaID: 126226

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Syngnathiformes (Order) > Syngnathidae (Family) > Syngnathinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Syngnathus ophidion Linnaeus, 1758
Parent Syngnathinae
Synonymised
taxa
  Scyphius Risso, 1827
Sources  original description: Rafinesque, C.S. (1810). Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ossia, catalogo metodico dei nomi latini, italiani, e siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia disposti secondo un metodo naturale e seguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione de alcuni nuovi pesci sicilian. Messina. Pp 1-70, Pls. 1-2.
page(s): 37 [details]


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: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [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 Nerophis aequoreus
Species Nerophis lumbriciformis (Jenyns, 1835)
Species Nerophis maculatus Rafinesque, 1810
Species Nerophis ophidion (Linnaeus, 1758)

Species Nerophis annulatus (Risso, 1827) accepted as Nerophis maculatus Rafinesque, 1810
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126226
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2006-08-22 12:14:26Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2013-03-11 13:25:43Z  checked  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Nerophis Rafinesque, 1810. 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=126226 on 2013-05-21
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