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WoRMS taxon details

Nocomis leptocephalus (Girard, 1856)

AphiaID

1328672 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1328672)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Nocomis Girard, 1856

Original name

Ceratichthys leptocephalus Girard, 1856

Synonymised names

Ceratichthys leptocephalus Girard, 1856 · unaccepted (synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Ceratichthys leptocephalus Girard, 1856) Girard, C. F. (1856). Researches upon the cyprinoid fishes inhabiting the fresh waters of the United States, west of the Mississippi Valley, from specimens in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. v. 8: 165-213.pp. 1-49,. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Nocomis leptocephalus (Girard, 1856). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1328672 on 2026-01-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2019-02-26 15:23:38Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2020-12-16 09:44:22Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Ceratichthys leptocephalus Girard, 1856) Girard, C. F. (1856). Researches upon the cyprinoid fishes inhabiting the fresh waters of the United States, west of the Mississippi Valley, from specimens in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. v. 8: 165-213.pp. 1-49,. [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]