WoRMS taxon details
Cymatogaster Gibbons, 1854
268920 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:268920)
accepted
Genus
Metrogaster Agassiz, 1861 · unaccepted
- Species Cymatogaster aggregata Gibbons, 1854
- Species Cymatogaster aggregatus Gibbons, 1854 accepted as Cymatogaster aggregata Gibbons, 1854 (synonym)
- Species Cymatogaster ellipticus Gibbons, 1854 accepted as Hyperprosopon ellipticum (Gibbons, 1854)
- Species Cymatogaster gracilis Tarp, 1952 accepted as Cymatogaster aggregata Gibbons, 1854 (synonym)
- Species Cymatogaster larkinsii Gibbons, 1854 accepted as Amphistichus rhodoterus (Agassiz, 1854)
- Species Cymatogaster larkinsis Gibbons, 1854 accepted as Amphistichus rhodoterus (Agassiz, 1854) (misspelling)
- Species Cymatogaster minimus Gibbons, 1854 accepted as Micrometrus minimus (Gibbons, 1854)
- Species Cymatogaster pulchellus Gibbons, 1854 accepted as Amphistichus rhodoterus (Agassiz, 1854)
- Species Cymatogaster rosaceus Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 accepted as Zalembius rosaceus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gibbons, W. P. (1854). Description of four new species of viviparous fish read before the California Academy of Natural Sciences,. <em>Daily Placer Times and Transcript [newspaper].</em> v. 5 (no. 1274): 2, col. 3. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Cymatogaster Gibbons, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=268920 on 2026-07-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Gibbons, W. P. (1854). Description of four new species of viviparous fish read before the California Academy of Natural Sciences,. <em>Daily Placer Times and Transcript [newspaper].</em> v. 5 (no. 1274): 2, col. 3. [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]
