WoRMS taxon details
Calamus Swainson, 1839
159240 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159240)
accepted
Genus
Aurata Catesby, 1771 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Calamus arctifrons Goode & Bean, 1882
- Species Calamus bajonado (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Species Calamus brachysomus (Lockington, 1880)
- Species Calamus calamus (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Species Calamus campechanus Randall & Caldwell, 1966
- Species Calamus cervigoni Randall & Caldwell, 1966
- Species Calamus leucosteus Jordan & Gilbert, 1885
- Species Calamus mu Randall & Caldwell, 1966
- Species Calamus nodosus Randall & Caldwell, 1966
- Species Calamus penna (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Species Calamus pennatula Guichenot, 1868
- Species Calamus proridens Jordan & Gilbert, 1884
- Species Calamus taurinus (Jenyns, 1840)
- Species Calamus artifrons Goode & Bean, 1882 accepted as Calamus arctifrons Goode & Bean, 1882 (misspelling)
- Species Calamus ciliaris (von Bonde, 1923) accepted as Argyrops spinifer (Forsskål, 1775)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Calamus Swainson, 1839. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159240 on 2025-11-13
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Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., 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. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality