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Eucinostomus Baird & Girard, 1855

AphiaID

159731 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159731)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Gerreidae Bleeker, 1859

Synonymised names

Eucinostomis · unaccepted (misspelling)

Eucynostomus · unaccepted (misspelling)

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Species Eucinostomus argenteus Baird & Girard, 1855
Species Eucinostomus currani Zahuranec, 1980
Species Eucinostomus dowii (Gill, 1863)
Species Eucinostomus entomelas Zahuranec, 1980
Species Eucinostomus gracilis (Gill, 1862)
Species Eucinostomus gula (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Species Eucinostomus harengulus Goode & Bean, 1879
Species Eucinostomus havana (Nichols, 1912)
Species Eucinostomus jonesii (Günther, 1879)
Species Eucinostomus melanopterus (Bleeker, 1863)
Species Eucinostomus californiensis (Gill, 1862) accepted as Eucinostomus gracilis (Gill, 1862)
Species Eucinostomus equula (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) accepted as Gerres equulus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844
Species Eucinostomus jonesi (Günther, 1879) accepted as Eucinostomus jonesii (Günther, 1879) (misspelling)
Species Eucinostomus lefroyi (Goode, 1874) accepted as Ulaema lefroyi (Goode, 1874)
Species Eucinostomus pseudogula Poey, 1875 accepted as Eucinostomus jonesii (Günther, 1879)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Baird, S. F. (1855). Report on the fishes observed on the coasts of New Jersey and Long Island during the summer of 1854. Smithsonian Institution Annual Report 9 (for 1854). : 317-352 + 2nd 337. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Eucinostomus Baird & Girard, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159731 on 2026-02-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-30 09:27:08Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2013-03-11 11:05:30Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Baird, S. F. (1855). Report on the fishes observed on the coasts of New Jersey and Long Island during the summer of 1854. Smithsonian Institution Annual Report 9 (for 1854). : 317-352 + 2nd 337. [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]