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Nemichthys Richardson, 1848

AphiaID

125639 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125639)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Nemichthyidae Kaup, 1859

Synonymised names

Belonopsis Brandt, 1854 · unaccepted

Cercomitus Weber, 1913 · unaccepted

Investigator Goode, 1896 · unaccepted

Leptorhynchus Lowe, 1852 · unaccepted (synonym)

Nematoprora Gilbert, 1905 · unaccepted

Paravocettinops Kanazawa & Maul, 1967 · unaccepted

Tilurella Roule, 1911 · unaccepted

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Species Nemichthys curvirostris (Strömman, 1896)
Species Nemichthys larseni Nielsen & Smith, 1978
Species Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson, 1848
Species Nemichthys acanthonotus Alcock, 1894 accepted as Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson, 1848
Species Nemichthys avocetta Jordan & Gilbert, 1881 accepted as Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson, 1848
Species Nemichthys fronto Garman, 1899 accepted as Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson, 1848
Species Nemichthys gaussiana (Pappenheim, 1914) accepted as Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson, 1848
Species Nemichthys infans Günther, 1878 accepted as Avocettina infans (Günther, 1878)
Species Nemichthys mediterraneus Ariola, 1904 accepted as Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson, 1848
Species Nemichthys scalopaceus Richardson, 1848 accepted as Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson, 1848 (misspelling)
Species Nemichthys scolopacea Richardson, 1848 accepted as Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson, 1848 (misspelling)

Environment

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

Original description

Richardson, J. (1848). Fishes. In: A. Adams (ed.). The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Samarang; under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, during the years 1843-1846. Reeve & Benham, London. Pp. 1-28, Pls. 1-10. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Nemichthys Richardson, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125639 on 2025-04-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2006-09-25 06:54:45Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-03-11 13:25:43Z

checked

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Richardson, J. (1848). Fishes. In: A. Adams (ed.). The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Samarang; under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, during the years 1843-1846. Reeve & Benham, London. Pp. 1-28, Pls. 1-10. [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [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]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]