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WoRMS taxon details

Bleekeria Günther, 1862

AphiaID

268552 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:268552)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ammodytidae Bonaparte, 1835

Synonymised names

Embolichthys Jordan & Evermann, 1903 · unaccepted

Herklotsina Fowler, 1931 · unaccepted

Direct children (12)

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Species Bleekeria albicauda Psomadakis, Yoshinaga, Wah & Ida, 2021
Species Bleekeria estuaria Randall & Ida, 2014
Species Bleekeria kallolepis Günther, 1862
Species Bleekeria mitsukurii Jordan & Evermann, 1902
Species Bleekeria murtii Joshi, Zacharia & Kanthan, 2012
Species Bleekeria nigrilinea Psomadakis, Yoshinaga, Wah & Ida, 2021
Species Bleekeria profunda Randall & Ida, 2014
Species Bleekeria viridianguilla (Fowler, 1931)
Species Bleekeria catafracta Castelnau, 1873 accepted as Paraplesiops meleagris (Peters, 1869) (misspelling)
Species Bleekeria gilli Bean, 1895 accepted as Ammodytoides gilli (Bean, 1895)
Species Bleekeria renniei Smith, 1957 accepted as Ammodytoides renniei (Smith, 1957)
Species Bleekeria vaga McCulloch & Waite, 1916 accepted as Ammodytoides vagus (McCulloch & Waite, 1916)

Environment

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

Original description

Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum, London. 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Bleekeria Günther, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=268552 on 2026-07-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 10:18:16Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum, London. 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [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]