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WoRMS taxon details

Lepidopus Goüan, 1770

AphiaID

126097 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126097)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Lepidopodinae Gill, 1863

Synonymised names

Vandellius Shaw, 1803 · unaccepted

Ziphotheca Montagu, 1811 · unaccepted

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Species Lepidopus altifrons Parin & Collette, 1993
Species Lepidopus calcar Parin & Mikhailin, 1982
Species Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen, 1788)
Species Lepidopus dubius Parin & Mikhailin, 1981
Species Lepidopus fitchi Rosenblatt & Wilson, 1987
Species Lepidopus glarisianus (de Blainville, 1818) †
Species Lepidopus manis Rosenblatt & Wilson, 1987
Species Lepidopus aomori Jordan & Snyder, 1901 accepted as Benthodesmus tenuis (Günther, 1877)
Species Lepidopus argenteus Bonnaterre, 1788 accepted as Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen, 1788) (synonym)
Species Lepidopus elongatus Clarke, 1879 accepted as Benthodesmus elongatus (Clarke, 1879)
Species Lepidopus gouanianus Lacepède, 1800 accepted as Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen, 1788) (synonym)
Species Lepidopus gracilis Brauer, 1906 accepted as Paradiplospinus gracilis (Brauer, 1906)
Species Lepidopus lex Phillipps, 1932 accepted as Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen, 1788) (synonym)
Species Lepidopus peronii Risso, 1810 accepted as Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen, 1788) (synonym)
Species Lepidopus tenuis Günther, 1877 accepted as Benthodesmus tenuis (Günther, 1877)
Species Lepidopus xantusi Goode & Bean, 1896 accepted as Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen, 1788) (synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lepidopus Goüan, 1770. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126097 on 2025-05-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-12-02 12:47:56Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Vandellius Shaw, 1803) Shaw, G. (1803). General zoology or systematic natural history . Pisces. G. Kearsley, London, 1800-1826. vol. 4 (1803) and vol. 5 (1804). [Series is 14 vols., 1800-1826.]. v. 4: (pt. 1) i-v + 1-186, Pls. 1-25; (pt 2), i-xiii + 187-632, Pls. 26-92. [details]

original description (of Ziphotheca Montagu, 1811) Montagu, G. (1811). An account of five rare species of British fishes. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh. v. 1 [1809]: 79-101, Pls. 2-5. [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, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 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. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Other

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [details]

additional source Goüan, A. (1770). Historia piscium, sistens ipsorum anatomen externam, internam, atque genera in classes et ordines redacta. Histoire des poissons, contenant la déscription anatomique de leurs parties externes et internes, & le caractère des divers genres rangés par classes & par ordres. Strasbourg. i-xviii + 1-252 (twice). Pls. 1-4.
page(s): 107 [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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