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WoRMS taxon details

Brachypleura Günther, 1862

AphiaID

268587 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:268587)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Citharidae de Buen, 1935

Direct children (5)

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Species Brachypleura novaezeelandiae Günther, 1862 accepted as Laiopteryx novaezeelandiae (Günther, 1862) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Brachypleura novae-zeelandiae Günther, 1862 accepted as Brachypleura novaezeelandiae Günther, 1862 accepted as Laiopteryx novaezeelandiae (Günther, 1862) (misspelling)
Species Brachypleura novae-zeelandica Günther, 1862 accepted as Brachypleura novaezeelandiae Günther, 1862 accepted as Laiopteryx novaezeelandiae (Günther, 1862) (misspelling)
Species Brachypleura novazeelandiae Günther, 1862 accepted as Brachypleura novaezeelandiae Günther, 1862 accepted as Laiopteryx novaezeelandiae (Günther, 1862) (misspelling)
Species Brachypleura xanthosticta Alcock, 1889 accepted as Laiopteryx novaezeelandiae (Günther, 1862) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum, London. 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Brachypleura Günther, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=268587 on 2025-05-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 10:18:16Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-12-02 12:48:54Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum, London. 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]