WoRMS taxon details
Discoverichthys Merrett & Nielsen, 1987
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Merrett, N. R.; Nielsen, J. G. (1987). A new genus and species of the family Ipnopidae (Pisces, Teleostei) from the eastern North Atlantic, with notes on its ecology. <em>Journal of Fish Biology.</em> 31 (4): 451-464. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Discoverichthys Merrett & Nielsen, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=826713 on 2026-02-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Merrett, N. R.; Nielsen, J. G. (1987). A new genus and species of the family Ipnopidae (Pisces, Teleostei) from the eastern North Atlantic, with notes on its ecology. <em>Journal of Fish Biology.</em> 31 (4): 451-464. [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]
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]
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]
