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Heteromycteris Kaup, 1858

AphiaID

205427 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205427)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Soleidae Bonaparte, 1833

Synonymised names

Monodichthys Chabanaud, 1925 · unaccepted

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Species Heteromycteris capensis Kaup, 1858
Species Heteromycteris hartzfeldii (Bleeker, 1853)
Species Heteromycteris japonicus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Species Heteromycteris matsubarai Ochiai, 1963
Species Heteromycteris oculus (Alcock, 1889)
Species Heteromycteris proboscideus (Chabanaud, 1925)
Species Heteromycteris hartzfeldi (Bleeker, 1853) accepted as Heteromycteris hartzfeldii (Bleeker, 1853) (misspelling)
Species Heteromycteris japonica (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) accepted as Heteromycteris japonicus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Species Heteromycteris proboscidus (Chabanaud, 1925) accepted as Heteromycteris proboscideus (Chabanaud, 1925) (misspelling)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Kaup, J. J. (1858). Uebersicht der Soleinae, der vierten Subfamilie der Pleuronectidae. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. v. 24 (pt. 1): 94-104., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.5286 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Heteromycteris Kaup, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205427 on 2026-07-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-13 06:47:38Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-03-11 12:13:38Z

checked

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Kaup, J. J. (1858). Uebersicht der Soleinae, der vierten Subfamilie der Pleuronectidae. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. v. 24 (pt. 1): 94-104., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.5286 [details]

original description (of Monodichthys Chabanaud, 1925) Chabanaud, P. (1925). Monodichthys proboscideus (gen. nov. et spec. nova) et remarques sur divers autres poissons Soléiformes. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 1). v. 31 (no. 5) [1925]: 356-361. [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. 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]