Opsanus tau
creator: Cuvelier, Daphne
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: Opsanus tau (Linnaeus, 1766)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Opsanus tau (Linnaeus, 1766). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158782 on 2026-08-01
created: 2005-05-27T09:39:43Z
modified: 2020-09-24T08:35:24Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Opsanus tau (Linnaeus, 1766)
class: Teleostei
family: Batrachoididae
genus: Opsanus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767].
name published in: Rafinesque, C. S. (1818). Descriptions of two new genera of North American fishes, Opsanus and Notropis. American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review. v. 2 (3) (Jan. 1818): 203-204.
name published in year: 1767
name published in year: 1818
order: Batrachoidiformes
parent name usage ID: 158781
phylum: Chordata
scientific name authorship: (Linnaeus, 1766)
specific epithet: tau
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted