Chelon dumerili
creator: Bailly, Nicolas
date: 2026-08-01
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Chelon dumerili (Steindachner, 1870)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Chelon dumerili (Steindachner, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1042829 on 2026-08-01
created: 2017-10-31T08:34:30Z
modified: 2017-10-31T08:34:30Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Chelon dumerili (Steindachner, 1870)
class: Teleostei
family: Mugilidae
genus: Chelon
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Smith, J. L. B. (1935). The fishes of the family Mugilidae in South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum. v. 30 (pt 5): 587-644, Pls. 15-22.
name published in: Steindachner, F. (1870). Zur Fischfauna des Senegal. Zweite Abtheilung. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 60 (1. Abth.): 945-995, Pls. 1-8. [ Also as a separate pp. 1-51, Pls. 1-8.].
name published in: Steindachner, F. (1882). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Fische Afrika's (II.) und Beschreibung einer neuen Paraphoxinus-Art aus der Herzegowina. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 45 (1. Abth.): 1-18, Pls. 1-6.
name published in: Spix, J. B.; von; Agassiz, L. (1829-1831). Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX : jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi peracto. Monachii. Part 1: i-xvi + i-ii + 1-6 + 1-82, Pls. 1-48, Part 2: 83-138, Pls. 49-101. [Part 1 published June 1829, part 2 Jan. 1831.
name published in: Fowler, H. W. (1903). New and little known Muglidae and Sphyraenidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. v. 55: 743-752, Pls. 45-46.
name published in year: 1935
name published in year: 1870
name published in year: 1882
name published in year: 1829-1831
name published in year: 1903
order: Mugiliformes
parent name usage ID: 126030
phylum: Chordata
scientific name authorship: (Steindachner, 1870)
specific epithet: dumerili
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted