WoRMS taxon details
Lepidopus Goüan, 1770
Vandellius Shaw, 1803 · unaccepted
Ziphotheca Montagu, 1811 · unaccepted
- Species Lepidopus altifrons Parin & Collette, 1993
- Species Lepidopus calcar Parin & Mikhailin, 1982
- Species Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen, 1788)
- Species Lepidopus dubius Parin & Mikhailin, 1981
- Species Lepidopus fitchi Rosenblatt & Wilson, 1987
- Species Lepidopus manis Rosenblatt & Wilson, 1987
- Species Lepidopus aomori Jordan & Snyder, 1901 accepted as Benthodesmus tenuis (Günther, 1877)
- Species Lepidopus argenteus Bonnaterre, 1788 accepted as Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen, 1788) (synonym)
- Species Lepidopus elongatus Clarke, 1879 accepted as Benthodesmus elongatus (Clarke, 1879)
- Species Lepidopus gouanianus Lacepède, 1800 accepted as Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen, 1788) (synonym)
- Species Lepidopus gracilis Brauer, 1906 accepted as Paradiplospinus gracilis (Brauer, 1906)
- Species Lepidopus lex Phillipps, 1932 accepted as Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen, 1788) (synonym)
- Species Lepidopus peronii Risso, 1810 accepted as Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen, 1788) (synonym)
- Species Lepidopus tenuis Günther, 1877 accepted as Benthodesmus tenuis (Günther, 1877)
- Species Lepidopus xantusi Goode & Bean, 1896 accepted as Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen, 1788) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Lepidopus Goüan, 1770. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126097 on 2026-03-22
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Vandellius Shaw, 1803) Shaw, G. (1803). General zoology or systematic natural history . <em>Pisces. G. Kearsley, London, 1800-1826.</em> vol. 4 (1803) and vol. 5 (1804). [Series is 14 vols., 1800-1826.]. v. 4: (pt. 1) i-v + 1-186, Pls. 1-25; (pt 2), i-xiii + 187-632, Pls. 26-92. [details]
original description (of Ziphotheca Montagu, 1811) Montagu, G. (1811). An account of five rare species of British fishes. <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh.</em> v. 1 [1809]: 79-101, Pls. 2-5. [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]
original description (of Ziphotheca Montagu, 1811) Montagu, G. (1811). An account of five rare species of British fishes. <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh.</em> v. 1 [1809]: 79-101, Pls. 2-5. [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
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]
additional source Goüan, A. (1770). Historia piscium, sistens ipsorum anatomen externam, internam, atque genera in classes et ordines redacta. Histoire des poissons, contenant la déscription anatomique de leurs parties externes et internes, & le caractère des divers genres rangés par classes & par ordres. Strasbourg. i-xviii + 1-252 (twice). Pls. 1-4., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6764
page(s): 107 [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]
additional source Goüan, A. (1770). Historia piscium, sistens ipsorum anatomen externam, internam, atque genera in classes et ordines redacta. Histoire des poissons, contenant la déscription anatomique de leurs parties externes et internes, & le caractère des divers genres rangés par classes & par ordres. Strasbourg. i-xviii + 1-252 (twice). Pls. 1-4., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6764
page(s): 107 [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
