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Myripristis amaenus (Castelnau, 1873)

AphiaID

298233 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:298233)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (misspelling)

Accepted name

Myripristis amaena (Castelnau, 1873)

Rank

Species

Parent

Myripristis Cuvier, 1829

Original name

Neomyripristis amaenus Castelnau, 1873

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Subspecies Myripristis amaenus tiki Greenfield, 1966 accepted as Myripristis tiki Greenfield, 1974

Environment

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

Original description

(of Neomyripristis amaenus Castelnau, 1873) Castelnau, F. L. (1873). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. Nos. III thru IX [with subtitles, indexed as one work]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> 2: 37-158. [Also as part of a separate, Melbourne, 1872.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48423160#page/47/mode/1up
page(s): 99 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Myripristis amaenus (Castelnau, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=298233 on 2026-09-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-02-25 11:06:59Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2009-06-15 15:21:11Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Neomyripristis amaenus Castelnau, 1873) Castelnau, F. L. (1873). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. Nos. III thru IX [with subtitles, indexed as one work]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> 2: 37-158. [Also as part of a separate, Melbourne, 1872.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48423160#page/47/mode/1up
page(s): 99 [details]

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Language	Name
Japanese	アメマツカサ	[details]

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