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WoRMS taxon details

Cestraeus Valenciennes, 1836

AphiaID

268691 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:268691)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Mugilidae Jarocki, 1822

Synonymised names

Aeschirichthys · unaccepted (misspelling)

Aeschrichthys MacLeay, 1883 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Cestraeus goldiei (MacLeay, 1883)
Species Cestraeus oxyrhyncus Valenciennes, 1836
Species Cestraeus plicatilis Valenciennes, 1836
Species Cestraeus oxyrhinchus Valenciennes, 1836 accepted as Cestraeus oxyrhyncus Valenciennes, 1836 (misspelling)
Species Cestraeus oxyrhynchus Valenciennes, 1836 accepted as Cestraeus oxyrhyncus Valenciennes, 1836
Species Cestraeus steindachneri Jordan, 1889 accepted as Cynoscion steindachneri (Jordan, 1889)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1836). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome onzième. Livre treizième. De la famille des Mugiloïdes. Livre quatorzième. De la famille des Gobioïdes. v. 11: i-xx + 1-506 + 2 pp., Pls. 307-343. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Cestraeus Valenciennes, 1836. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=268691 on 2026-08-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 10:18:16Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2013-02-26 10:10:34Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1836). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome onzième. Livre treizième. De la famille des Mugiloïdes. Livre quatorzième. De la famille des Gobioïdes. v. 11: i-xx + 1-506 + 2 pp., Pls. 307-343. [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]