African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

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Verilus Poey, 1860

AphiaID

271211 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271211)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Acropomatidae Gill, 1893

Direct children (9)

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Species Verilus anomalus (Ogilby, 1896)
Species Verilus atlanticus (Mochizuki & Sano, 1984)
Species Verilus costai Schwarzhans, Mincarone & Villarins, 2020
Species Verilus cynodon (Regan, 1921)
Species Verilus pacificus (Mochizuki, 1979)
Species Verilus pseudomicrolepis (Schultz, 1940)
Species Verilus sordidus Poey, 1860
Species Verilus starnesi Yamanoue, 2016
Species Verilus vetustus (Schwarzhans, 1980) †

Environment

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

Original description

Poey, F. (1858-1861). Memorias sobra la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompañadas de sumarios Latinos y extractos en Francés. 2: 1-96 (1858), 97-336 (1860), 337-442 (1861), pls. 1-19; La Habana ["1856-1858"]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2513061 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Verilus Poey, 1860. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271211 on 2025-05-16

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Verilus Poey, 1860. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271211 on 2025-05-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 10:18:16Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Poey, F. (1858-1861). Memorias sobra la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompañadas de sumarios Latinos y extractos en Francés. 2: 1-96 (1858), 97-336 (1860), 337-442 (1861), pls. 1-19; La Habana ["1856-1858"]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2513061 [details]

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]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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