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Caracanthus Krøyer, 1845 
AphiaID: 204112

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Scorpaenoidei (Suborder) > Caracanthidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Caracanthidae
Synonymised
taxa
  Centropus
Crossoderma
Micropus Gray, 1831
Sources  basis of record: 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]

from synonym: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa

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 Species Caracanthus maculatus (Gray, 1831)
Species Caracanthus madagascariensis (Guichenot, 1869)
Species Caracanthus typicus Krøyer, 1845
Species Caracanthus unipinna (Gray, 1831)
Species Caracanthus zeylonicus (Day)

Species Caracanthus unipinnis (Gray, 1831) accepted as Caracanthus unipinna (Gray, 1831)
Species Caracanthus unipinnus (Gray, 1831) accepted as Caracanthus unipinna (Gray, 1831)
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204112
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-06-06 22:00:00Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-09-07 06:51:43Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2013-03-08 15:41:42Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Caracanthus Krøyer, 1845. 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=204112 on 2013-05-23
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