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Harpadon Lesueur, 1825

AphiaID

204473 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204473)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Harpadontidae Bleeker, 1875

Original name

Harpadon Lesueur, 1825

Synonymised names

Harpodon Lesueur, 1825 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

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Species Harpadon erythraeus Klausewitz, 1983
Species Harpadon microchir Günther, 1878
Species Harpadon mortenseni Hardenberg, 1933
Species Harpadon nehereus (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Harpadon nudus Ganga & Thomas, 2016
Species Harpadon squamosus (Alcock, 1891)
Species Harpadon translucens Saville-Kent, 1889
Species Harpadon nahereus (Hamilton, 1822) accepted as Harpadon nehereus (Hamilton, 1822) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, of the specific epithet)
Species Harpadon nebereus (Hamilton, 1822) accepted as Harpadon nehereus (Hamilton, 1822) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, of the specific epithet)

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Harpadon Lesueur, 1825. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204473 on 2026-07-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-13 06:47:38Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2025-11-23 17:56:21Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2026-07-29 00:21:45Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

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]