WoRMS name details
Fiordichthys Paulin, 1995
269158 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:269158)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
- Species Fiordichthys paxtoni (Nielsen & Cohen, 1986) accepted as Bidenichthys paxtoni (Nielsen & Cohen, 1986)
- Species Fiordichthys slartibartfasti Paulin, 1995 accepted as Bidenichthys slartibartfasti (Paulin, 1995)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Paulin, C. D. (1995). Description of a new genus and two new species of bythitid fishes, and a redescription of Bidenichthys consobrinus (Hutton) from New Zealand. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 29 (1): 249-258., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939500770121 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Fiordichthys Paulin, 1995. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=269158 on 2026-07-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Paulin, C. D. (1995). Description of a new genus and two new species of bythitid fishes, and a redescription of Bidenichthys consobrinus (Hutton) from New Zealand. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 29 (1): 249-258., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939500770121 [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]
Other
additional source
King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
