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Gasterochisma melampus Richardson, 1845 
AphiaID: 219709

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Scombridae (Family) > Gasterochismatinae (Subfamily) > Gasterochisma (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Gasterochisma Richardson, 1845
Synonymised
taxa		  Chenogaster holmbergi Lahille, 1903
 Gastrochisma boulengeri Lahille, 1913 (misspelling)
 Lepidothynnus huttoni Günther, 1889
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English butterfly kingfish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 53 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219709
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2002-01-02 17:49:40Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Gasterochisma melampus Richardson, 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=219709 on 2013-05-19
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