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WoRMS taxon details

Lepomis megalotis (Rafinesque, 1820)

AphiaID

1042658 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1042658)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Lepomis Rafinesque, 1819

Original name

Icthelis megalotis Rafinesque, 1820

Synonymised names

Icthelis megalotis Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted

Xenotis megalotis (Rafinesque, 1820) · uncertain > unassessed

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Icthelis megalotis Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque, C. S. (1820). Fishes of the Ohio River. [Ichthyologia Ohiensis, Part 3]. Western Review and Miscellaneous Magazine: a monthly publ., devoted to literature and science, Lexington, KY. v. 2 (no. 1): 49-57. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lepomis megalotis (Rafinesque, 1820). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1042658 on 2026-01-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-10-30 08:03:50Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Icthelis megalotis Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque, C. S. (1820). Fishes of the Ohio River. [Ichthyologia Ohiensis, Part 3]. Western Review and Miscellaneous Magazine: a monthly publ., devoted to literature and science, Lexington, KY. v. 2 (no. 1): 49-57. [details]

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]