WoRMS taxon details
Centriscidae Bonaparte, 1831
- Subfamily Centriscinae Bonaparte, 1831
- Genus Aeoliscus Jordan & Starks, 1902
- Genus Centriscus Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Amphisile Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Centriscus Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Amphisyle accepted as Amphisile Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Centriscus Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
- Genus Centricus accepted as Centriscus Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
- Subfamily Macroramphosinae Bleeker, 1879
- Genus Centriscops Gill, 1862
- Genus Macroramphosus Lacepède, 1803
- Genus Notopogon Regan, 1914
- Genus Scolopacichthys Regan, 1914 accepted as Notopogon Regan, 1914
- Genus Macrorhamphosus accepted as Macroramphosus Lacepède, 1803 (Spelling variation)
marine, brackish, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific. Anterior five or six vertebrae elongate. Pelvic fins with one spine and four softrays. Body...
Description Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific. Anterior five or six vertebrae elongate. Pelvic fins with one spine and four softrays. Body compressed with thin bony plates. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Centriscidae Bonaparte, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125605 on 2025-08-09
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Nomenclature
basis of record
van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [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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additional source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific. Anterior five or six vertebrae elongate. Pelvic fins with one spine and four softrays. Body compressed with thin bony plates. [details]
