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Thyrsites Lesson, 1831

AphiaID

204166 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204166)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Gempylidae Gill, 1862

Synonymised names

Leionura Bleeker, 1859 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Thyrsites atun (Euphrasen, 1791)
Species Thyrsites lepidopodea Lesson, 1831
Species Thyrsites acanthoderma Lowe, 1839 accepted as Ruvettus pretiosus Cocco, 1833
Species Thyrsites altivelis Richardson, 1839 accepted as Thyrsites atun (Euphrasen, 1791)
Species Thyrsites ballieui Sauvage, 1882 accepted as Promethichthys prometheus (Cuvier, 1832)
Species Thyrsites bengalensis Alcock, 1894 accepted as Rexea bengalensis (Alcock, 1894)
Species Thyrsites chilensis Cuvier, 1832 accepted as Thyrsites atun (Euphrasen, 1791)
Species Thyrsites lepidopoides Cuvier, 1832 accepted as Thyrsitops lepidopoides (Cuvier, 1832)
Species Thyrsites micropus McCoy, 1873 accepted as Rexea solandri (Cuvier, 1832)
Species Thyrsites prometheoides Bleeker, 1856 accepted as Rexea prometheoides (Bleeker, 1856)
Species Thyrsites prometheus (Cuvier, 1832) accepted as Promethichthys prometheus (Cuvier, 1832)
Species Thyrsites scholaris Poey, 1854 accepted as Ruvettus pretiosus Cocco, 1833

Environment

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

Original description

Lesson, R. P. (1829-31). Poissons. In: L. I. Duperrey. Voyage autour du monde, ..., sur la corvette de La Majesté La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825..., Zoologie. Zool. v. 2 (pt 1): 66-238, Atlas: Pls. 1-38. [Here dated according to Cretella 2010 [ref. 34236]. Text p. 66-238 (13 Oct. 1931); Atlas: Pls. 2, 19 (4 Apr. 1829), 4, 12, 18 (28 Feb. 1829), 3, 38 (30 May 1829), 1, 22, 35 (4 July 1829), 36 (3 Apr. 1830), 23, 26 (7 Mar 1831), 25, 27, 33, 37 (29 May 1931), 5, 6, 13, 16 (15 June 1831), 20, 24, 28 (25 July 1831), 11, 14, 31, 34 (5 Sept. 1831), 7, 29, 30, 32 (13 Oct. 1831), 8, 15, 21 (15 Nov. 1831), 9, 10 (22 Dec. 1831), 9, 10 (22 Dec. 1831).]. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Thyrsites Lesson, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204166 on 2025-05-14

Taxonomic edit history

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action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

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Vanden Berghe, Edward

2013-02-28 11:26:06Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Lesson, R. P. (1829-31). Poissons. In: L. I. Duperrey. Voyage autour du monde, ..., sur la corvette de La Majesté La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825..., Zoologie. Zool. v. 2 (pt 1): 66-238, Atlas: Pls. 1-38. [Here dated according to Cretella 2010 [ref. 34236]. Text p. 66-238 (13 Oct. 1931); Atlas: Pls. 2, 19 (4 Apr. 1829), 4, 12, 18 (28 Feb. 1829), 3, 38 (30 May 1829), 1, 22, 35 (4 July 1829), 36 (3 Apr. 1830), 23, 26 (7 Mar 1831), 25, 27, 33, 37 (29 May 1931), 5, 6, 13, 16 (15 June 1831), 20, 24, 28 (25 July 1831), 11, 14, 31, 34 (5 Sept. 1831), 7, 29, 30, 32 (13 Oct. 1831), 8, 15, 21 (15 Nov. 1831), 9, 10 (22 Dec. 1831), 9, 10 (22 Dec. 1831).]. [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]

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