WoRMS taxon details
Selene Lacepède, 1802
Argyreiosus Lacepède, 1802 · unaccepted
Argyriosus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Platysomus Swainson, 1839 · unaccepted
Vomer Cuvier, 1816 · unaccepted
- Species Selene brevoortii (Gill, 1863)
- Species Selene brownii (Cuvier, 1816)
- Species Selene dorsalis (Gill, 1863)
- Species Selene peruviana (Guichenot, 1866)
- Species Selene setapinnis (Mitchill, 1815)
- Species Selene spixii (Castelnau, 1855)
- Species Selene vomer (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Selene browni (Cuvier, 1816) accepted as Selene brownii (Cuvier, 1816)
- Species Selene gibbiceps Gilchrist, 1914 accepted as Selene dorsalis (Gill, 1863)
- Species Selene goreensis (Guichenot, 1866) accepted as Selene dorsalis (Gill, 1863)
- Species Selene goreensis (Cuvier, 1833) accepted as Alectis alexandrina (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
- Species Selene oerstedi Lütken, 1880 accepted as Selene orstedii Lütken, 1880 accepted as Paraselene orstedii (Lütken, 1880) (unaccepted > superseded combination, also misspelling of the specific epithet)
- Species Selene oerstedii Lütken, 1880 accepted as Selene orstedii Lütken, 1880 accepted as Paraselene orstedii (Lütken, 1880) (unaccepted > superseded combination, also misspelling of the specific epithet)
- Species Selene orstedii Lütken, 1880 accepted as Paraselene orstedii (Lütken, 1880) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Selene peruvianus (Guichenot, 1866) accepted as Selene peruviana (Guichenot, 1866) (misspelling)
- Species Selene puruvianus (Guichenot, 1866) accepted as Selene peruviana (Guichenot, 1866) (misspelling)
- Species Selene spixi (Castelnau, 1855) accepted as Selene spixii (Castelnau, 1855) (misspelling)
- Species Selene spixii (Swainson, 1839) accepted as Selene brownii (Cuvier, 1816)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Selene Lacepède, 1802. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125943 on 2025-07-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Vomer Cuvier, 1816) Cuvier, G. (1816). Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Tome II, contenant les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. Deterville, Paris, pp. i-xviii, 1-532 [pls. 9-10 contained in volume 4]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1848835 [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]
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). (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
