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Parapriacanthus Steindachner, 1870

AphiaID

204074 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204074)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pempheridae Bleeker, 1859

Synonymised names

Parapempheris von Bonde, 1923 · unaccepted

Pempherichthys Klunzinger, 1871 · unaccepted

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Species Parapriacanthus argenteus (von Bonde, 1923)
Species Parapriacanthus darros Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016
Species Parapriacanthus dispar (Herre, 1935)
Species Parapriacanthus elongatus (McCulloch, 1911)
Species Parapriacanthus guentheri (Klunzinger, 1871)
Species Parapriacanthus kwazulu Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016
Species Parapriacanthus marei Fourmanoir, 1971
Species Parapriacanthus punctulatus Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016
Species Parapriacanthus rahah Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016
Species Parapriacanthus ransonneti Steindachner, 1870
Species Parapriacanthus sharm Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016
Species Parapriacanthus beryciformis Franz, 1910 accepted as Parapriacanthus ransonneti Steindachner, 1870
Species Parapriacanthus gunetheri (Klunzinger, 1871) accepted as Parapriacanthus guentheri (Klunzinger, 1871) (misspelling)
Species Parapriacanthus ransonnari Steindachner, 1870 accepted as Parapriacanthus ransonneti Steindachner, 1870 (misspelling)
Species Parapriacanthus unwini (Ogilby, 1889) accepted as Parapriacanthus ransonneti Steindachner, 1870 (synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

Steindachner, F. (1870). Ichthyologische Notizen (X). (Schluss). Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 61 (1. Abth.): 623-642, Pls. 1-5. [Also as separate, pp. 1-20, Pls. 1-5.]. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Parapriacanthus Steindachner, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204074 on 2025-04-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-26 06:56:50Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-03-11 14:35:28Z

checked

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Steindachner, F. (1870). Ichthyologische Notizen (X). (Schluss). Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 61 (1. Abth.): 623-642, Pls. 1-5. [Also as separate, pp. 1-20, Pls. 1-5.]. [details]

original description (of Parapempheris von Bonde, 1923) von Bonde, C. (1923). Shallow-water fishes procured by the S. S. "Pickle.". Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa Rep. 3 (art. 1): 1-40, Pls. 1-9. [details]

basis of record 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]

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]