WoRMS taxon details

Caecula Vahl, 1794

268624  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:268624)

accepted
Genus
Coecula · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Sphagebranchus Bloch, 1795 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Species Caecula kuro (Kuroda, 1947)
  2. Species Caecula pterygera Vahl, 1794
  3. Species Caecula acuticeps (Barnard, 1923) accepted as Ichthyapus acuticeps (Barnard, 1923)
  4. Species Caecula apterygia Vahl, 1794 accepted as Apterichtus caecus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  5. Species Caecula bascanium Jordan, 1884 accepted as Bascanichthys bascanium (Jordan, 1884)
  6. Species Caecula boulengeri Blache, Cadenat & Stauch, 1970 accepted as Dalophis boulengeri (Blache, Cadenat & Stauch, 1970)
  7. Species Caecula caeca (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Apterichtus caecus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  8. Species Caecula cephalopeltis (Bleeker, 1863) accepted as Dalophis cephalopeltis (Bleeker, 1863)
  9. Species Caecula cincta (Tanaka, 1908) accepted as Leiuranus semicinctus (Lay & Bennett, 1839)
  10. Species Caecula equatorialis Myers & Wade, 1941 accepted as Apterichtus equatorialis (Myers & Wade, 1941)
  11. Species Caecula gymnocelus Böhlke, 1953 accepted as Apterichtus equatorialis (Myers & Wade, 1941) (synonym)
  12. Species Caecula imberbis (Delaroche, 1809) accepted as Dalophis imberbis (Delaroche, 1809)
  13. Species Caecula kaupi (Bleeker, 1858) accepted as Yirrkala kaupii (Bleeker, 1858) (misspelling)
  14. Species Caecula kendalli (Gilbert, 1891) accepted as Apterichtus kendalli (Gilbert, 1891) (senior synonym)
  15. Species Caecula kirki (Günther, 1870) accepted as Bascanichthys kirkii (Günther, 1870) (misspelling)
  16. Species Caecula leucoptera Cadenat, 1954 accepted as Callechelys leucoptera (Cadenat, 1954)
  17. Species Caecula maculata Klausewitz, 1964 accepted as Yirrkala maculata (Klausewitz, 1964)
  18. Species Caecula monodi Roux, 1966 accepted as Apterichtus monodi (Roux, 1966)
  19. Species Caecula natalensis Fowler, 1934 accepted as Yirrkala tenuis (Günther, 1870)
  20. Species Caecula ophioneus (Evermann & Marsh, 1900) accepted as Ichthyapus ophioneus (Evermann & Marsh, 1900)
  21. Species Caecula pantherina Cadenat, 1956 accepted as Callechelys guineensis (Osório, 1893)
  22. Species Caecula philippinensis Herre, 1936 accepted as Yirrkala philippinensis (Herre, 1936)
  23. Species Caecula platyrhyncha Gosline, 1951 accepted as Ichthyapus platyrhynchus (Gosline, 1951)
  24. Species Caecula polyophthalma (Bleeker, 1864) accepted as Ophichthus polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1864
  25. Species Caecula polyophthalmus (Bleeker, 1853) accepted as Lamnostoma polyophthalmum (Bleeker, 1853)
  26. Species Caecula polyophthalmus (Bleeker, 1864) accepted as Ophichthus polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1864 (misspelling)
  27. Species Caecula selachops (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) accepted as Ichthyapus selachops (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Vahl, M. (1794). Beskrivelse af en nye fiske-slaegt, Caecula. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet Kiøbenhavn.</em> v. 3 (no. 2): 149-156, Pl. 13. [details]   
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Caecula Vahl, 1794. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=268624 on 2024-04-23
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2008-01-15 10:18:16Z
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2013-03-05 08:18:02Z
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2014-11-21 13:09:37Z
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original description Vahl, M. (1794). Beskrivelse af en nye fiske-slaegt, Caecula. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet Kiøbenhavn.</em> v. 3 (no. 2): 149-156, Pl. 13. [details]   

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]   
 
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Japanese クロウミヘビ属 [from synonym]  [details]