African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Branchiostegus Rafinesque, 1815

WoRMS taxon details

Branchiostegus Rafinesque, 1815

AphiaID

203867 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:203867)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Latilinae Gill, 1862

Synonymised names

Brachiostegus · unaccepted (misspelling)

Latilus Cuvier, 1830 · unaccepted

Direct children (21)

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Species Branchiostegus albus Dooley, 1978
Species Branchiostegus argentatus (Cuvier, 1830)
Species Branchiostegus auratus (Kishinouye, 1907)
Species Branchiostegus australiensis Dooley & Kailola, 1988
Species Branchiostegus biendong Hiramatsu, Vinh & Endo, 2019
Species Branchiostegus doliatus (Cuvier, 1830)
Species Branchiostegus gloerfelti Dooley & Kailola, 1988
Species Branchiostegus hedlandensis Dooley & Kailola, 1988
Species Branchiostegus ilocanus Herre, 1928
Species Branchiostegus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782)
Species Branchiostegus okinawaensis Hiramatsu & Yoshino, 2012
Species Branchiostegus paxtoni Dooley & Kailola, 1988
Species Branchiostegus saitoi Dooley & Iwatsuki, 2012
Species Branchiostegus sawakinensis Amirthalingam, 1969
Species Branchiostegus semifasciatus (Norman, 1931)
Species Branchiostegus serratus Dooley & Paxton, 1975
Species Branchiostegus vittatus Herre, 1926
Species Branchiostegus wardi Whitley, 1932
Species Branchiostegus sericus Herre, 1935 accepted as Branchiostegus argentatus (Cuvier, 1830)
Species Branchiostegus tollarai (Chabanaud, 1924) accepted as Branchiostegus argentatus (Cuvier, 1830) (misspelling)
Species Branchiostegus tollardi (Chabanaud, 1924) accepted as Branchiostegus argentatus (Cuvier, 1830)

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Branchiostegus Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203867 on 2025-05-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-06 06:55:51Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Latilus Cuvier, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome cinquième. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. v. 5: i-xxviii + 1-499 + 4 pp., Pls. 100-140. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xx + 1-374 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]

basis of record 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]

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