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WoRMS taxon details

Etropus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882

AphiaID

158797 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158797)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Paralichthyidae Regan, 1910

Direct children (11)

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Species Etropus ciadi van der Heiden & Plascencia González, 2005
Species Etropus crossotus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
Species Etropus cyclosquamus Leslie & Stewart, 1986
Species Etropus delsmani Chabanaud, 1940
Species Etropus ectenes Jordan, 1889
Species Etropus longimanus Norman, 1933
Species Etropus microstomus (Gill, 1864)
Species Etropus pacificus Nielsen, 1963
Species Etropus peruvianus Hildebrand, 1946
Species Etropus rimosus Goode & Bean, 1885
Species Etropus intermedius Norman, 1933 accepted as Etropus crossotus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882

Environment

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

Original description

Jordan, D. S.; Gilbert, C. H. (1882). Descriptions of thirty-three new species of fishes from Mazatlan, Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. v. 4 (no. 237): 338-365., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.4-237.338 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Etropus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158797 on 2026-08-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-27 09:47:05Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2013-03-11 11:05:30Z

checked

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Jordan, D. S.; Gilbert, C. H. (1882). Descriptions of thirty-three new species of fishes from Mazatlan, Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. v. 4 (no. 237): 338-365., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.4-237.338 [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]

Other

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [details]