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Grammonus Gill, 1896

AphiaID

125850 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125850)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Bythitidae Gill, 1861

Original name

Grammonus Gill, 1896

Synonymised names

Eutyx Heller & Snodgrass, 1903 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Grammonoides Smith, 1948 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Grammonous Gill, 1896 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Oligopus Risso, 1810 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Grammonus ater (Risso, 1810)
Species Grammonus claudei (Torre y Huerta, 1930)
Species Grammonus diagrammus (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903)
Species Grammonus longhursti (Cohen, 1964)
Species Grammonus minutus Nielsen & Prokofiev, 2010
Species Grammonus nagaredai Randall & Hughes, 2008
Species Grammonus opisthodon Smith, 1934
Species Grammonus robustus Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
Species Grammonus thielei Nielsen & Cohen, 2004
Species Grammonus waikiki (Cohen, 1964) (accepted > nomen novum)
Species Grammonus yunokawai Nielsen, 2007
Species Grammonus leucos Osório, 1917 accepted as Cataetyx leucos (Osório, 1917) accepted as Cataetyx alleni (Byrne, 1906) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Grammonus mowbrayi Grey, 1951 accepted as Grammonus claudei (Torre y Huerta, 1930)
Species Grammonus niger (Gosline, 1953) accepted as Grammonus waikiki (Cohen, 1964) (unaccepted > junior homonym, secondary homonym of Oligopus niger, Risso 1827)

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Grammonus Gill, 1896. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125850 on 2026-07-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2006-09-12 06:54:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2025-11-24 17:39:22Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Oligopus Risso, 1810) Risso, A. (1810). Ichthyologie de Nice, ou histoire naturelle des poissons du Département des Alpes Maritimes. F. Schoell, Paris. i-xxxvi + 1-388, Pls. 1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7052 [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). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., 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, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]