WoRMS taxon details
Microchirus Bonaparte, 1833
126129 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126129)
accepted
Genus
Echinosolea Chabanaud, 1927 · unaccepted
Monochir Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted
Zevaia Chabanaud, 1943 · unaccepted
- Subgenus Microchirus (Microchirus) Bonaparte, 1833
- Species Microchirus (Microchirus) boscanion (Chabanaud, 1926) represented as Microchirus boscanion (Chabanaud, 1926)
- Species Microchirus (Microchirus) ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as Microchirus ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Microchirus (Microchirus) variegatus (Donovan, 1808) represented as Microchirus variegatus (Donovan, 1808)
- Subgenus Microchirus (Zevaia)
- Species Microchirus (Zevaia) azevia (Capello, 1867) represented as Microchirus azevia (de Brito Capello, 1867)
- Species Microchirus (Zevaia) hexophthalmus (Bennett, 1831) represented as Dicologlossa hexophthalma (Bennett, 1831)
- Species Microchirus azevia (de Brito Capello, 1867)
- Species Microchirus boscanion (Chabanaud, 1926)
- Species Microchirus frechkopi Chabanaud, 1952
- Species Microchirus ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Microchirus theophila (Risso, 1810)
- Species Microchirus variegatus (Donovan, 1808)
- Species Microchirus wittei Chabanaud, 1950
- Species Microchirus hexophthalmus (Bennett, 1831) accepted as Dicologlossa hexophthalma (Bennett, 1831)
- Species Microchirus hispidus (Rafinesque, 1814) accepted as Monochirus hispidus Rafinesque, 1814 (senior synonym)
- Species Microchirus profundiculus (Vaillant, 1888) accepted as Bathysolea profundicola (Vaillant, 1888)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bonaparte, C.L. (1833). Iconografia della fauna italica per le quattro classi degli animali vertebrati. Tomo III. <em>Pesci. Roma.</em> Fasc. 2-5, puntate 7-28, 12 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47089297 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Microchirus Bonaparte, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126129 on 2025-05-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Bonaparte, C.L. (1833). Iconografia della fauna italica per le quattro classi degli animali vertebrati. Tomo III. <em>Pesci. Roma.</em> Fasc. 2-5, puntate 7-28, 12 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47089297 [details]
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]
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
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]
Other
additional source
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
