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WRiMS name details

Acanthostracion polygonius Poey, 1876

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AphiaID

158919 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158919)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Acanthostracion polygonium Poey, 1876

Rank

Species

Parent

Acanthostracion Bleeker, 1865

Original name

Acanthostracion polygonius Poey, 1876

Environment

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

Original description

Poey, F. (1876). Enumeratio piscium cubensium (Parte Segunda). Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, Madrid. v. 5 (for 5 Apr. 1876): 131-176 [89-134] (3 May), 177-218 [135-176] (4 Oct.), Pls. 7-10. [Double pagination. Also a separate including parts 2-3, pp. 89-209, Pls. 4-9. Part 3 continues in v. 5; Part 4, Index in v. 6 (1877).]. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Acanthostracion polygonius Poey, 1876. Accessed through: Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stepien, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158919 on 2025-05-15

Thematic species database citation

Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Acanthostracion polygonius Poey, 1876. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158919 on 2025-05-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-27 09:47:05Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2023-01-11 08:59:53Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

[taxonomic tree]

original description Poey, F. (1876). Enumeratio piscium cubensium (Parte Segunda). Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, Madrid. v. 5 (for 5 Apr. 1876): 131-176 [89-134] (3 May), 177-218 [135-176] (4 Oct.), Pls. 7-10. [Double pagination. Also a separate including parts 2-3, pp. 89-209, Pls. 4-9. Part 3 continues in v. 5; Part 4, Index in v. 6 (1877).]. [details]

context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]

basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston. 1-354. [details]

additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]