WoRMS taxon details
Chriolepis Gilbert, 1892
Chirolepis Hastings & Bortone, 1981 · unaccepted
- Species Chriolepis atrimelum Bussing, 1997
- Species Chriolepis benthonis Ginsburg, 1953
- Species Chriolepis cuneata Bussing, 1990
- Species Chriolepis dialepta Bussing, 1990
- Species Chriolepis fisheri Herre, 1942
- Species Chriolepis lepidota Findley, 1975
- Species Chriolepis minutilla Gilbert, 1892
- Species Chriolepis roosevelti (Ginsburg, 1939)
- Species Chriolepis semisquamata (Rutter, 1904)
- Species Chriolepis tagus Ginsburg, 1953
- Species Chriolepis vespa Hastings & Bortone, 1981
- Species Chriolepis zebra Ginsburg, 1938
- Species Chriolepis atrimela Bussing, 1997 accepted as Chriolepis atrimelum Bussing, 1997 (senior synonym)
- Species Chriolepis bilix Hastings & Findley, 2013 accepted as Pinnichthys bilix (Hastings & Findley, 2013) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Chriolepis imswe (Greenfield, 1981) accepted as Paedovaricus imswe (Greenfield, 1981)
- Species Chriolepis lepidotus Findley, 1975 accepted as Chriolepis lepidota Findley, 1975 (misspelling)
- Species Chriolepis minutillus Gilbert, 1892 accepted as Chriolepis minutilla Gilbert, 1892 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Chriolepis minutilus Gilbert, 1892 accepted as Chriolepis minutilla Gilbert, 1892 (misspelling)
- Species Chriolepis prolata Hastings & Findley, 2015 accepted as Pinnichthys prolata (Hastings & Findley, 2015)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gilbert, C. H. (1892). Descriptions of thirty-four new species of fishes collected in 1888 and 1889, principally among the Santa Barbara Islands and in the Gulf of California. <em>In: Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 14 (no. 880): 539-566., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.14-880.539 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Chriolepis Gilbert, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=268760 on 2026-05-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Gilbert, C. H. (1892). Descriptions of thirty-four new species of fishes collected in 1888 and 1889, principally among the Santa Barbara Islands and in the Gulf of California. <em>In: Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 14 (no. 880): 539-566., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.14-880.539 [details]
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
