WoRMS taxon details
Porichthys Girard, 1854
158783 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158783)
accepted
Genus
Poricthys · unaccepted (misspelling)
- Species Porichthys analis Hubbs & Schultz, 1939
- Species Porichthys bathoiketes Gilbert, 1968
- Species Porichthys ephippiatus Walker & Rosenblatt, 1988
- Species Porichthys greenei Gilbert & Starks, 1904
- Species Porichthys kymosemeum Gilbert, 1968
- Species Porichthys margaritatus (Richardson, 1844)
- Species Porichthys mimeticus Walker & Rosenblatt, 1988
- Species Porichthys myriaster Hubbs & Schultz, 1939
- Species Porichthys notatus Girard, 1854
- Species Porichthys oculellus Walker & Rosenblatt, 1988
- Species Porichthys oculofrenum Gilbert, 1968
- Species Porichthys pauciradiatus Caldwell & Caldwell, 1963
- Species Porichthys plectrodon Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
- Species Porichthys porosissimus (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Porichthys afuerae Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917 accepted as Aphos porosus (Valenciennes, 1837)
- Species Porichthys nautopaedium Jordan & Bollman, 1890 accepted as Porichthys margaritatus (Richardson, 1844)
- Species Porichthys porossissimus (Cuvier, 1829) accepted as Porichthys porosissimus (Cuvier, 1829) (misspelling)
- Species Porichthys queenslandiae De Vis, 1882 accepted as Halophryne queenslandiae (De Vis, 1882)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Girard, C. F. (1854). Enumeration of the species of marine fishes, collected at San Francisco, California, by Dr. C. B. R. Kennerly, naturalist attached to the survey of the Pacific railroad route, under Lieut. A. W. Whipple. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 7: 141-142. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Porichthys Girard, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158783 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Girard, C. F. (1854). Enumeration of the species of marine fishes, collected at San Francisco, California, by Dr. C. B. R. Kennerly, naturalist attached to the survey of the Pacific railroad route, under Lieut. A. W. Whipple. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 7: 141-142. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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
context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | イサリビガマアンコウ属 | [details] |
