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Pristiapogon Klunzinger, 1870

AphiaID

205816 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205816)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Apogoninae Günther, 1859

Direct children (10)

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Species Pristiapogon abrogramma (Fraser & Lachner, 1985)
Species Pristiapogon exostigma (Jordan & Starks, 1906)
Species Pristiapogon fraenatus (Valenciennes, 1832)
Species Pristiapogon kallopterus (Bleeker, 1856)
Species Pristiapogon taeniopterus (Bennett, 1836)
Species Pristiapogon frenatus (Valenciennes, 1832) accepted as Pristiapogon fraenatus (Valenciennes, 1832) (misspelling)
Species Pristiapogon menesemus (Jenkins, 1903) accepted as Pristiapogon taeniopterus (Bennett, 1836) (junior synonym)
Species Pristiapogon snyderi (Jordan & Evermann, 1903) accepted as Pristiapogon kallopterus (Bleeker, 1856)
Species Pristiapogon unitaeniatus (Allen, 1995) accepted as Ostorhinchus unitaeniatus (Allen, 1995) (senior synonym)
Species Pristiapogon urostigma (Bleeker, 1874) accepted as Ostorhinchus urostigma (Bleeker, 1874) accepted as Ostorhinchus urostigmus (Bleeker, 1874) (Superseded new combination)

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pristiapogon Klunzinger, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205816 on 2026-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-07-08 08:51:41Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-08-05 09:40:47Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-27 07:06:07Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-04-30 13:32:29Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

basis of record Smith, J.L.B. (1961). Fishes of the family Apogonidae of the Western Indian Ocean and the Seychelles. Ichthyological Bulletin 22. [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]

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