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Chirocentrus Cuvier, 1816 
AphiaID: 204475

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Clupeiformes (Order) > Chirocentridae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Chirocentrus dorab (Forsskål, 1775)
Parent Chirocentridae
Synonymised
taxa
  Chirocentreus (misspelling)
Chirocentris (misspelling)
Sources  basis of record: Losse, G.F. (1968). The elopoid and clupeoid fishes of East African coastal waters. JEANHS 27(2): 77-115 [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]

from synonym: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] [view taxon]

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 Species Chirocentrus dorab (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Chirocentrus nudus Swainson, 1839

Species Chirocentrus hypselosoma Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Chirocentrus dorab (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Chirocentrus russellii Swainson, 1838 accepted as Chirocentrus nudus Swainson, 1839
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204475
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1998-08-03 12:26:57Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-09-07 06:51:43Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2013-03-11 10:36:30Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Chirocentrus Cuvier, 1816. 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=204475 on 2013-05-24
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