WoRMS

WoRMS name details

Cephalacanthus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

316926 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:316926)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Dactylopterus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Cephalacanthus Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Dactylopterus Lacepède, 1801

Original name

Trigla volitans Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

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

Original description

(of Trigla volitans Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Cephalacanthus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=316926 on 2026-08-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-02-28 13:41:07Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Trigla volitans Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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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]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]