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WoRMS taxon details

Polysteganus Klunzinger, 1870

AphiaID

205959 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205959)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Sparidae Rafinesque, 1818

Direct children (11)

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Species Polysteganus baissaci Smith, 1978
Species Polysteganus cerasinus Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2016
Species Polysteganus coeruleopunctatus (Klunzinger, 1870)
Species Polysteganus flavodorsalis Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2016
Species Polysteganus lineopunctatus (Boulenger, 1903)
Species Polysteganus mascarenensis Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2011
Species Polysteganus praeorbitalis (Günther, 1859)
Species Polysteganus undulosus (Regan, 1908)
Species Polysteganus argyrozona (Valenciennes, 1830) accepted as Argyrozona argyrozona (Valenciennes, 1830)
Species Polysteganus caeruleopunctatus (Klunzinger, 1870) accepted as Polysteganus coeruleopunctatus (Klunzinger, 1870) (misspelling)
Species Polysteganus macrophthalmus (Bloch, 1791) accepted as Dentex macrophthalmus (Bloch, 1791)

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Polysteganus Klunzinger, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205959 on 2026-10-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-27 07:06:07Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-03-11 14:35:28Z

checked

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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