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Pteraclis Gronow, 1772

125925 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125925)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Scombriformes (Order)
  11. Scombroidei (Suborder)
  12. Bramidae (Family)
  13. Pteraclis (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Bramidae Bonaparte, 1831
Pteridium Scopoli, 1777 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Species Pteraclis aesticola (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
  2. Species Pteraclis carolinus Valenciennes, 1833
  3. Species Pteraclis veliferum (Pallas, 1770)
  4. Species Pteraclis diagrammus (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903) accepted as Grammonus diagrammus (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903)
  5. Species Pteraclis fasciatus Borodin, 1930 accepted as Caristius fasciatus (Borodin, 1930) (new combination)
  6. Species Pteraclis guttatus Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Pteraclis velifera (Pallas, 1770) accepted as Pteraclis veliferum (Pallas, 1770)
  7. Species Pteraclis macropus Bellotti, 1903 accepted as Caristius macropus (Bellotti, 1903)
  8. Species Pteraclis ocellatus Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Pteraclis velifera (Pallas, 1770) accepted as Pteraclis veliferum (Pallas, 1770)
  9. Species Pteraclis papilio Lowe, 1843 accepted as Pteraclis carolinus Valenciennes, 1833
  10. Species Pteraclis petersii (Hilgendorf, 1878) accepted as Pterycombus petersii (Hilgendorf, 1878)
  11. Species Pteraclis pinnata Gronow, 1772 accepted as Pteraclis velifera (Pallas, 1770) accepted as Pteraclis veliferum (Pallas, 1770) (synonym)
  12. Species Pteraclis trichipterus Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Pteraclis velifera (Pallas, 1770) accepted as Pteraclis veliferum (Pallas, 1770)
  13. Species Pteraclis valifera (Pallas, 1770) accepted as Pteraclis veliferum (Pallas, 1770) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, misspelling)
  14. Species Pteraclis velifer (Pallas, 1770) accepted as Pteraclis veliferum (Pallas, 1770) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, misspelling)
  15. Species Pteraclis velifera (Pallas, 1770) accepted as Pteraclis veliferum (Pallas, 1770) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  16. Species Pteraclis vellifera (Pallas, 1770) accepted as Pteraclis veliferum (Pallas, 1770) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gronow, L. T. (1772). Animalium rariorum fasciculus. Pisces. <em>Acta Helvetica, Physico-Mathematico-Anatomico-Botanico-Medica (Basile).</em> v. 7: 43-52, Pls. 2-3. [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pteraclis Gronow, 1772. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125925 on 2026-10-04
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2006-09-28 06:51:36Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
2013-03-11 14:35:28Z
checked
Bailly, Nicolas
2014-11-21 13:09:37Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Gronow, L. T. (1772). Animalium rariorum fasciculus. Pisces. <em>Acta Helvetica, Physico-Mathematico-Anatomico-Botanico-Medica (Basile).</em> v. 7: 43-52, Pls. 2-3. [details] 

original description (of Bentenia Jordan & Snyder, 1901) Jordan, D. S.; Snyder, J. O. (1901). Descriptions of nine new species of fishes contained in museums of Japan. <em>The journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo, Japan = Tokyo Teikoku Daigaku kiyo. Rika.</em> 15: 301-311., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7095118 [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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 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. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

Other

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

 
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LanguageName 
Japanese ベンテンウオ属  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål einstapeslekta [from synonym]  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk einstapeslekta [from synonym]  [details]
Swedish örnbräknar [from synonym]  [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To Catalog of Fishes 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pteraclis) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pteridium) (from synonym Pteridium Scopoli, 1777)
To Genbank 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pteraclis RAD114269-001) 
To ITIS
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