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Genicanthus Swainson, 1839 
AphiaID: 206678

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pomacanthidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Pomacanthidae
Sources  basis of record: Smith, J.L.B. (1955). The Fishes of the Family Pomacanthidae in the Western Indian Ocean. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 12(8): 377-384. [details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Genicanthus bellus Randall, 1975
Species Genicanthus caudovittatus (Günther, 1860)
Species Genicanthus lamarck (Lacepède, 1802)
Species Genicanthus melanospilos (Bleeker, 1857)
Species Genicanthus personatus Randall, 1975
Species Genicanthus semicinctus (Waite, 1900)
Species Genicanthus semifasciatus (Kamohara, 1934)
Species Genicanthus spinus Randall, 1975
Species Genicanthus takeuchii Pyle, 1997
Species Genicanthus watanabei (Yasuda & Tominaga, 1970)

Species Genicanthus caudibicolor (Lienard) Sauvage, 1891 accepted as Genicanthus caudovittatus (Günther, 1860)
Species Genicanthus lamarcki (Lacepède, 1802) accepted as Genicanthus lamarck (Lacepède, 1802)
Species Genicanthus lamark (Lacepède, 1802) accepted as Genicanthus lamarck (Lacepède, 1802)
Species Genicanthus melanospilus (Bleeker, 1857) accepted as Genicanthus melanospilos (Bleeker, 1857)
Species Genicanthus zebra (Lienard) Sauvage, 1891 accepted as Genicanthus melanospilus (Bleeker, 1857) accepted as Genicanthus melanospilos (Bleeker, 1857)
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206678
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1998-03-11 10:30:17Z  created  Fondo, Esther
2006-09-12 06:54:36Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2013-03-11 12:13:38Z  checked  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Genicanthus Swainson, 1839. 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=206678 on 2013-05-24
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