WoRMS taxon details
Aracana Gray, 1833
268368 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:268368)
accepted
Genus
Acarana Gray, 1833 · unaccepted (on prevailing usage of Aracana)
Acerana Gray, 1833 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling (used in Kaup, 1855)
- Species Aracana aurita (Shaw, 1798)
- Species Aracana ornata (Gray, 1838)
- Species Aracana flavofasciata Kamohara, 1938 accepted as Kentrocapros flavofasciatus (Kamohara, 1938)
- Species Aracana spilonota Gilbert, 1905 accepted as Kentrocapros spilonota (Gilbert, 1905)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Nomenclature Original spellings Acarana and Acerana, the former one being the good spelling. But after, the misspelling Aracana was...
Nomenclature Original spellings Acarana and Acerana, the former one being the good spelling. But after, the misspelling Aracana was used and is retained as the valid spelling on prevailing usage. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Aracana Gray, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=268368 on 2026-07-20
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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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Original spellings Acarana and Acerana, the former one being the good spelling. But after, the misspelling Aracana was used and is retained as the valid spelling on prevailing usage. [details]
