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Gigantura Brauer, 1901

AphiaID

158857 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158857)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Giganturidae Brauer, 1906

Synonymised names

Bathyleptus Walters, 1961 · unaccepted

Rosaura Tucker, 1954 · unaccepted

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Species Gigantura chuni Brauer, 1901
Species Gigantura indica Brauer, 1901
Species Gigantura gracilis Regan, 1924 accepted as Gigantura indica Brauer, 1901 (synonym)
Species Gigantura vorax Regan, 1925 accepted as Gigantura chuni Brauer, 1901

Environment

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

Original description

Brauer, A. (1901). Über einige von der Valdivia-Expedition gesammelte Tiefseefische und ihre Augen. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft zur Beförderung der Gesamten Naturwissenschaften zu Marburg. No. 8: 115-130. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Gigantura Brauer, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158857 on 2025-01-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-27 07:39:43Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2013-03-11 12:13:38Z

checked

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Brauer, A. (1901). Über einige von der Valdivia-Expedition gesammelte Tiefseefische und ihre Augen. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft zur Beförderung der Gesamten Naturwissenschaften zu Marburg. No. 8: 115-130. [details]

original description (of Rosaura Tucker, 1954) Tucker, D. W. (1954). Report on the fishes collected by S. Y. "Rosaura" in the North and Central Atlantic, 1937-38. Part I. Families Carcharhinidae, Torpedinidae, Rosauridae (nov.), Salmonidae, Alepocephalidae, Searsidae, Clupeidae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology. v. 2 (no. 6): 163-214, Pls. 7-8. [details]

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. 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). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]