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Setarches Johnson, 1862

AphiaID

126177 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126177)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Setarches guentheri Johnson, 1862

Parent

Setarchidae Matsubara, 1943

Synonymised names

Bathysebastes Döderlein, 1884 · unaccepted

Scorpaenella Fowler, 1938 · unaccepted

Scorpaenopsella Fowler, 1938 · unaccepted (synonym)

Starches · unaccepted (misspelling)

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Species Setarches armata (Fowler, 1938)
Species Setarches guentheri Johnson, 1862
Species Setarches fidjiensis Günther, 1878 accepted as Setarches guentheri Johnson, 1862
Species Setarches guntheri Johnson, 1862 accepted as Setarches guentheri Johnson, 1862 (misspelling)
Species Setarches longiceps (Günther, 1880) accepted as Lioscorpius longiceps Günther, 1880
Species Setarches longimanus (Alcock, 1894) accepted as Lythrichthys longimanus (Alcock, 1894) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Setarches marleyi Fowler, 1935 accepted as Setarches guentheri Johnson, 1862
Species Setarches parmatus Goode, 1881 accepted as Setarches guentheri Johnson, 1862
Species Setarches remiger (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897) accepted as Setarches guentheri Johnson, 1862

Environment

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

Original description

Johnson, J. Y. (1862). Descriptions of some new genera and species of fishes obtained at Madeira. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1862. (pt 2) (art. 2) : 167-180, Pls. 22-23. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Setarches Johnson, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126177 on 2026-10-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2013-03-05 08:18:02Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Johnson, J. Y. (1862). Descriptions of some new genera and species of fishes obtained at Madeira. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1862. (pt 2) (art. 2) : 167-180, Pls. 22-23. [details]

original description (of Scorpaenella Fowler, 1938) Fowler, H. W. (1938). Descriptions of new fishes obtained by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross", chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 85 (3032): 31-135., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.85-3032.31 [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

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]