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WoRMS taxon details

Diastobranchus Barnard, 1923

AphiaID

158655 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158655)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Synaphobranchinae Johnson, 1862

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Species Diastobranchus capensis Barnard, 1923
Species Diastobranchus danae (Bruun, 1937) accepted as Diastobranchus capensis Barnard, 1923

Environment

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

Original description

Barnard, K. H. (1923). Diagnoses of new species of marine fishes from South African waters. Annals of the South African Museum. 13 (pt 8, no. 14): 439-445., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1541472, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=191 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Diastobranchus Barnard, 1923. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158655 on 2026-06-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-26 07:43:32Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Barnard, K. H. (1923). Diagnoses of new species of marine fishes from South African waters. Annals of the South African Museum. 13 (pt 8, no. 14): 439-445., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1541472, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=191 [details]

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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]