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Mataeocephalus Berg, 1898

AphiaID

204288 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204288)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Macrouridae Bonaparte, 1831

Synonymised names

Coelocephalus Gilbert & Cramer, 1897 · unaccepted

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Species Mataeocephalus acipenserinus (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
Species Mataeocephalus adustus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912
Species Mataeocephalus cristatus Sazonov, Shcherbachev & Iwamoto, 2003
Species Mataeocephalus hyostomus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
Species Mataeocephalus kotlyari Sazonov, Shcherbachev & Iwamoto, 2003
Species Mataeocephalus tenuicauda (Garman, 1899)
Species Mataeocephalus microstomus (Regan, 1908) accepted as Mataeocephalus acipenserinus (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
Species Mataeocephalus nigrescens Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 accepted as Mataeocephalus acipenserinus (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
Species Mataeocephalus tenuicaudus (Garman, 1899) accepted as Mataeocephalus tenuicauda (Garman, 1899)

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Mataeocephalus Berg, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204288 on 2026-10-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-25 06:54:45Z

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Martinez, Olga

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2026-10-09 08:25:58Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Coelocephalus Gilbert & Cramer, 1897) Gilbert, C. H.; Cramer, F. (1897). Report on the fishes dredged in deep water near the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions and figures of twenty-three new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 19 (no. 1114): 403-435, Pls. 36-48., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.19-1114.403 [details]

basis of record Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Other

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]