WoRMS name details
Cestracion galeatus Günther, 1870
316977 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:316977)
unaccepted (basionym)
Species
Cestracion Bosc, 1816 accepted as Heterodontus Blainville, 1816
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Günther, A. (1870). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549. [details]
Holotype BM 1862.7.2.2, geounit Australia
Holotype BM 1862.7.2.2, geounit Australia [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cestracion galeatus Günther, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=316977 on 2025-12-21
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Nomenclature
original description
Günther, A. (1870). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Other
additional source
Compagno, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes.</em> No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype BM 1862.7.2.2, geounit Australia [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications)
To FishBase
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To ITIS
To FishBase
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To ITIS
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