WoRMS taxon details
Xenocephalus Kaup, 1858
Ariscopus Jordan & Snyder, 1902 · unaccepted
Execestides Jordan & Thompson, 1905 · unaccepted
Gnathagnus Gill, 1861 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Xenocephalus armatus Kaup, 1858
- Species Xenocephalus australiensis (Kishimoto, 1989)
- Species Xenocephalus cribratus (Kishimoto, 1989)
- Species Xenocephalus egregius (Jordan & Thompson, 1905)
- Species Xenocephalus elongatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)
- Species Xenocephalus innotabilis (Waite, 1904) accepted as Xenocephalus armatus Kaup, 1858
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kaup, J. J. (1858). Uebersicht der Familie Gadidae. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> v. 24 (pt. 1): 85-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.5285 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Xenocephalus Kaup, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271233 on 2026-06-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Kaup, J. J. (1858). Uebersicht der Familie Gadidae. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> v. 24 (pt. 1): 85-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.5285 [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
| Language | Name | |
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| Japanese | アオミシマ属 | [details] |
