African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

WoRMS taxon details

Samariscus Gilbert, 1905

AphiaID

206731 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206731)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Samaridae Jordan & Goss, 1889

Synonymised names

Somariscus · unaccepted (misspelling)

Direct children (23)

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Species Samariscus asanoi Ochiai & Amaoka, 1962
Species Samariscus corallinus Gilbert, 1905
Species Samariscus desoutterae Quéro, Hensley & Maugé, 1989
Species Samariscus filipectoralis Shen, 1982
Species Samariscus hexaradiatus Díaz de Astarloa, Causse & Pruvost, 2014
Species Samariscus huysmani Weber, 1913
Species Samariscus inornatus (Lloyd, 1909)
Species Samariscus japonicus Kamohara, 1936
Species Samariscus latus Matsubara & Takamuki, 1951
Species Samariscus leopardus Voronina, 2009
Species Samariscus longimanus Norman, 1927
Species Samariscus luzonensis Fowler, 1934
Species Samariscus macrognathus Fowler, 1934
Species Samariscus maculatus (Günther, 1880)
Species Samariscus multiradiatus Kawai, Amaoka & Séret, 2008
Species Samariscus neocaledonia Kawai, Amaoka & Séret, 2011
Species Samariscus nielseni Quéro, Hensley & Maugé, 1989
Species Samariscus sunieri Weber & de Beaufort, 1929
Species Samariscus triocellatus Woods, 1960
Species Samariscus xenicus Ochiai & Amaoka, 1962
Species Samariscus cristatus (Gray, 1831) accepted as Samaris cristatus Gray, 1831
Species Samariscus fasciatus Fowler, 1934 accepted as Plagiopsetta glossa Franz, 1910
Species Samariscus glossa (Franz, 1910) accepted as Plagiopsetta glossa Franz, 1910

Environment

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

Original description

Gilbert, C. H. (1905). II. The deep-sea fishes of the Hawaiian Islands. In: The aquatic resources of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission. v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]: 577-713, Pls. 66-101. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Samariscus Gilbert, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206731 on 2025-05-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-04 18:48:45Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2013-03-05 08:18:02Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Gilbert, C. H. (1905). II. The deep-sea fishes of the Hawaiian Islands. In: The aquatic resources of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission. v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]: 577-713, Pls. 66-101. [details]

basis of record Baranes, A & D. Golani (1993). An annotated list of deep-sea fishes collected in the northern Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba [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

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

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Definitions

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Language	Name
Japanese	ツキノワガレイ属	[details]

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