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WoRMS taxon details

Macrognathus Lacepède, 1800

AphiaID

269768 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:269768)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Mastacembelidae Swainson, 1839

Synonymised names

Macroganthus · unaccepted (misspelling)

Macrograthus · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Rhynchobdella Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted (synonym)

Rhyncobdella · unaccepted (misspelling)

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Species Macrognathus aculeatus (Bloch, 1786)
Species Macrognathus aral (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Macrognathus kris Ng & Tan, 2020
Species Macrognathus orthosemos Britz & Kottelat, 2020
Species Macrognathus pancalus Hamilton, 1822
Species Macrognathus siangensis Arunkumar, 2016
Species Macrognathus aculeata (Bloch, 1786) accepted as Macrognathus aculeatus (Bloch, 1786) (misspelling)
Species Macrognathus aculeatum (Bloch, 1786) accepted as Macrognathus aculeatus (Bloch, 1786) (misspelling)
Species Macrognathus armatus Lacepède, 1800 accepted as Mastacembelus armatus (Lacepède, 1800)
Species Macrognathus brevirostris Gronow, 1854 accepted as Hemiramphus brasiliensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Macrognathus caudatus McClelland, 1842 accepted as Mastacembelus armatus (Lacepède, 1800)
Species Macrognathus hamiltoni McClelland, 1844 accepted as Mastacembelus armatus (Lacepède, 1800) (misspelling)
Species Macrognathus hamiltonii McClelland, 1844 accepted as Mastacembelus armatus (Lacepède, 1800)
Species Macrognathus jammuensis Malhotra & Singh Dutta, 1975 accepted as Macrognathus aral (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Macrognathus loricatus Gronow, 1854 accepted as Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Macrognathus puncalus Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Macrognathus pancalus Hamilton, 1822 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Macrognathus scolopax Gronow, 1854 accepted as Belone belone (Linnaeus, 1760)

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Lacepède, B. G. E. (1800). Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 2: i-lxiv + 1-632, Pls. 1-20. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Macrognathus Lacepède, 1800. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=269768 on 2025-04-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 10:18:16Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2013-02-28 11:26:06Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Lacepède, B. G. E. (1800). Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 2: i-lxiv + 1-632, Pls. 1-20. [details]

original description (of Rhynchobdella Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]