African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

WoRMS taxon details

Uraspis Bleeker, 1855

AphiaID

159657 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159657)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Carangidae Rafinesque, 1815

Synonymised names

Bassetina Whitley, 1941 · unaccepted

Leucoglossa Jordan & Evermann, 1927 · unaccepted

Direct children (11)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Species Uraspis helvola (Forster, 1801)
Species Uraspis secunda (Poey, 1860)
Species Uraspis uraspis (Günther, 1860)
Species Uraspis cadenati Blache & Rossignol, 1962 accepted as Uraspis secunda (Poey, 1860) (synonym)
Species Uraspis carangoides Bleeker, 1855 accepted as Uraspis uraspis (Günther, 1860)
Species Uraspis heidi Fowler, 1938 accepted as Uraspis secunda (Poey, 1860)
Species Uraspis helvolus (Forster, 1801) accepted as Uraspis helvola (Forster, 1801) (misspelling)
Species Uraspis pectoralis Fowler, 1938 accepted as Uraspis uraspis (Günther, 1860)
Species Uraspis reversa Jordan, Evermann & Wakiya, 1927 accepted as Uraspis secunda (Poey, 1860)
Species Uraspis riukiuensis Wakiya, 1927 accepted as Uraspis secunda (Poey, 1860)
Species Uraspis wakiyai Williams, 1961 accepted as Uraspis secunda (Poey, 1860)

Environment

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

Original description

Bleeker, P. (1855). Zesde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Amboina. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië. v. 8 (no. 3): 391-434. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Uraspis Bleeker, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159657 on 2025-05-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-30 09:27:08Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2013-03-12 06:46:53Z

checked

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

[taxonomic tree]

Nomenclature

original description Bleeker, P. (1855). Zesde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Amboina. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië. v. 8 (no. 3): 391-434. [details]

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