WoRMS taxon details
Paralepididae Bonaparte, 1835
- Subfamily Lestidiinae Harry, 1953
- Genus Lestidiops Hubbs, 1916
- Genus Lestidium Gilbert, 1905
- Genus Lestrolepis Harry, 1953
- Genus Macroparalepis Burton, 1934
- Genus Lastrolepis Harry, 1953 accepted as Lestrolepis Harry, 1953 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Lestiolepis Harry, 1953 accepted as Lestrolepis Harry, 1953 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subfamily Paralepidinae Bonaparte, 1835
- Genus Arctozenus Gill, 1864
- Genus Dolichosudis Post, 1969
- Genus Notolepis Dollo, 1908
- Genus Paralepis Cuvier, 1816
- Genus Stemonosudis Harry, 1951
- Genus Uncisudis Maul, 1956
- Genus Longisudis Maul, 1965 accepted as Macroparalepis Burton, 1934 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Maulichthys Rofen, 1963 accepted as Paralepis Cuvier, 1816 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Pontosudis Rofen, 1963 accepted as Uncisudis Maul, 1956 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Distribution: circumglobal. Origin of dorsal fin in mid-trunk. Dorsal fin rays 7-16. Anal fin with a long base; fin rays...
Description Distribution: circumglobal. Origin of dorsal fin in mid-trunk. Dorsal fin rays 7-16. Anal fin with a long base; fin rays 20-50. Pectoral fin with 11-17 rays. With or without scales on body. Swim bladder lacking. Vertebrae 53-121. Look similar to sphyraenids. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Paralepididae Bonaparte, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125447 on 2025-12-08
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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 Distribution: circumglobal. Origin of dorsal fin in mid-trunk. Dorsal fin rays 7-16. Anal fin with a long base; fin rays 20-50. Pectoral fin with 11-17 rays. With or without scales on body. Swim bladder lacking. Vertebrae 53-121. Look similar to sphyraenids. [details]Spelling Spelled Paralepidae in Smith, J.L.B. & M.M. Smith (1963) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | barracudinas | [details] |
| Japanese | ハダカエソ科 | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | laksetobisfamilien | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | laksetobisfamilien | [details] |
| Swedish | laxtobisfiskar | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paralepididae)
To Genbank
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paralepididae)
To Genbank
To ITIS
Unreviewed
