WoRMS taxon details
Opsanus Rafinesque, 1818
- Species Opsanus beta (Goode & Bean, 1880)
- Species Opsanus dichrostomus Collette, 2001
- Species Opsanus pardus (Goode & Bean, 1880)
- Species Opsanus phobetron Walters & Robins, 1961
- Species Opsanus tau (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Species Opsanus astrifer Robins & Starck, 1965 accepted as Sanopus astrifer (Robins & Starck, 1965)
- Species Opsanus barbatus Meek & Hildebrand, 1928 accepted as Sanopus barbatus (Meek & Hildebrand, 1928)
- Species Opsanus brasiliensis Rotundo, Spinelli & Zavala-Camin, 2005 accepted as Opsanus beta (Goode & Bean, 1880) (synonym)
- Species Opsanus cerapalus Rafinesque, 1818 accepted as Opsanus tau (Linnaeus, 1766) (synonym)
- Species Opsanus hildebrandi Breder, 1925 accepted as Amphichthys cryptocentrus (Valenciennes, 1837)
- Species Opsanus vandeuseni Fowler, 1939 accepted as Opsanus beta (Goode & Bean, 1880)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Rafinesque, C. S. (1818). Descriptions of two new genera of North American fishes, Opsanus and Notropis. <em>American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review.</em> v. 2 (3) (Jan. 1818): 203-204. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Opsanus Rafinesque, 1818. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158781 on 2024-09-22
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Rafinesque, C. S. (1818). Descriptions of two new genera of North American fishes, Opsanus and Notropis. <em>American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review.</em> v. 2 (3) (Jan. 1818): 203-204. [details]
taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]