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Saccobranchus fossilis (Bloch, 1794)

AphiaID

321132 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:321132)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794)

Rank

Species

Parent

Saccobranchus Valenciennes, 1840 accepted as Heteropneustes Müller, 1840

Original name

Silurus fossilis Bloch, 1794

Environment

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

Original description

(of Silurus fossilis Bloch, 1794) Bloch, M. E. (1794). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 8. i-iv + 1-174, Pls. 361-396. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Saccobranchus fossilis (Bloch, 1794). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=321132 on 2026-10-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-02-28 13:41:07Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2021-08-23 12:43:34Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Silurus fossilis Bloch, 1794) Bloch, M. E. (1794). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 8. i-iv + 1-174, Pls. 361-396. [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]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (86 publications)
To Fishbase

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