WoRMS taxon details
Acropomatidae Gill, 1893
- Genus Acropoma Temminck & Schlegel, 1843
- Genus Doederleinia Steindachner, 1883
- Genus Corusculus Jordan & Snyder, 1901 accepted as Eteliscus Jordan & Snyder, 1900 accepted as Doederleinia Steindachner, 1883 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Doderleinia accepted as Doederleinia Steindachner, 1883 (misspelling)
- Genus Döderleinia accepted as Doederleinia Steindachner, 1883 (misspelling)
- Genus Rhomboserranus Fowler, 1943 accepted as Doederleinia Steindachner, 1883
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Two dorsal fins, the first with 7-10 spines; the second with or without soine and...
Description Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Two dorsal fins, the first with 7-10 spines; the second with or without soine and with 8-10 soft rays; anal fin with 2-3 spines and 7-9 soft rays. Seven branchiostegal rays; 25 vertebrae. Opercle with two rounded spines. Lateral line complete. Pelvic fin with one spine and five soft rays. Species of Acropoma with light organs and the anus near the pelvic fin base. Several species only provisionally placed in this family. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Acropomatidae Gill, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151434 on 2026-01-13
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Two dorsal fins, the first with 7-10 spines; the second with or without soine and with 8-10 soft rays; anal fin with 2-3 spines and 7-9 soft rays. Seven branchiostegal rays; 25 vertebrae. Opercle with two rounded spines. Lateral line complete. Pelvic fin with one spine and five soft rays. Species of Acropoma with light organs and the anus near the pelvic fin base. Several species only provisionally placed in this family. [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acropomatidae)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acropomatidae USNM 405882 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acropomatidae)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acropomatidae USNM 405882 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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