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Hemitripterus Cuvier, 1829

AphiaID

159514 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159514)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Hemitripteridae Gill, 1865

Synonymised names

Hemitripteras · unaccepted (misspelling)

Ulca Jordan & Evermann, 1896 · unaccepted

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Species Hemitripterus americanus (Gmelin, 1789)
Species Hemitripterus bolini (Myers, 1934)
Species Hemitripterus villosus (Pallas, 1814)
Species Hemitripterus acadianus Storer, 1853 accepted as Hemitripterus americanus (Gmelin, 1789) (synonym)
Species Hemitripterus americanus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Hemitripterus americanus (Gmelin, 1789)
Species Hemitripterus boline (Myers, 1934) accepted as Hemitripterus bolini (Myers, 1934) (misspelling)
Species Hemitripterus cavifrons Lockington, 1880 accepted as Hemitripterus villosus (Pallas, 1814)
Species Hemitripterus marmoratus Bean, 1890 accepted as Hemitripterus bolini (Myers, 1934)
Species Hemitripterus marmoratus Ayres, 1854 accepted as Scorpaenichthys marmoratus (Ayres, 1854)
Species Hemitripterus sinensis Sauvage, 1873 accepted as Hemitripterus villosus (Pallas, 1814)

Environment

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

Original description

Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée. 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Hemitripterus Cuvier, 1829. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159514 on 2026-01-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-30 09:27:08Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2007-11-28 12:00:16Z

changed

Huettmann, Falk

2013-03-11 12:13:38Z

checked

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée. 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis. [details]

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). 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]