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WoRMS taxon details

Auchenipteridae Bleeker, 1862

AphiaID

154618 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154618)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Siluriformes

Direct children (4)

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Subfamily Auchenipterinae Bleeker, 1862
1. Tribe Asterophysini Bleeker, 1862
  1. Genus Pseudauchenipterus Bleeker, 1862
  2. Genus Silvaichthys Fernández-Yépez, 1973 accepted as Pseudauchenipterus Bleeker, 1862 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Auchenipteridae Bleeker, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154618 on 2026-02-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-19 07:59:47Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2015-04-17 08:48:21Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2025-12-02 15:32:07Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

basis of record 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]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors

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Other

context source (MSBIAS) Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. (2023). 2019 The Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) Wembury Bioblitz survey. The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH). , available online at https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php#details?tpc=010_71a02145fae5466afe757cd48b999ded [details]