WoRMS taxon details
Pristigaster Cuvier, 1816
Pristogaster · unaccepted (misspelling)
- Species Pristigaster cayana Cuvier, 1829
- Species Pristigaster americanus Guérin-Méneville, 1829-38 accepted as Pristigaster cayana Cuvier, 1829 (synonym)
- Species Pristigaster argenteus Günther, 1867 accepted as Opisthopterus dovii (Günther, 1868)
- Species Pristigaster argenteus Schinz, 1822 accepted as Pristigaster cayana Cuvier, 1829
- Species Pristigaster cayanus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Pristigaster cayana Cuvier, 1829
- Species Pristigaster chinensis Basilewsky, 1855 accepted as Ilisha elongata (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
- Species Pristigaster dolloi Boulenger, 1902 accepted as Ilisha africana (Bloch, 1795)
- Species Pristigaster dovii Günther, 1868 accepted as Opisthopterus dovii (Günther, 1868)
- Species Pristigaster effulgens Regan, 1903 accepted as Opisthopterus effulgens (Regan, 1903)
- Species Pristigaster elongata Swainson, 1838 accepted as Opisthopterus tardoore (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Pristigaster flavipinnis Valenciennes, 1837 accepted as Pellona flavipinnis (Valenciennes, 1837)
- Species Pristigaster indicus (Swainson, 1839) accepted as Opisthopterus tardoore (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Pristigaster lichtensteini Jarocki, 1822 accepted as Pristigaster cayana Cuvier, 1829
- Species Pristigaster lutipinnis Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 accepted as Pliosteostoma lutipinnis (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) (synonym)
- Species Pristigaster macrops Günther, 1867 accepted as Opisthopterus macrops (Günther, 1867)
- Species Pristigaster martii Agassiz, 1829 accepted as Pristigaster cayana Cuvier, 1829
- Species Pristigaster panamensis Steindachner, 1876 accepted as Odontognathus panamensis (Steindachner, 1876)
- Species Pristigaster phaeton Valenciennes, 1847 accepted as Pristigaster cayana Cuvier, 1829
- Species Pristigaster sinensis Sauvage, 1881 accepted as Ilisha elongata (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
- Species Pristigaster tardoore Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Opisthopterus tardoore (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Pristigaster tartoor Valenciennes, 1847 accepted as Opisthopterus tardoore (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Pristigaster triangularis Stark, 1828 accepted as Pristigaster cayana Cuvier, 1829
- Species Pristigaster vanderbilti Borodin, 1928 accepted as Pellona harroweri (Fowler, 1917)
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pristigaster Cuvier, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=270507 on 2025-04-25
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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]
