Marine Species Traits - Apsilus Valenciennes, 1830

WoRMS taxon details

Apsilus Valenciennes, 1830

AphiaID

204724 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204724)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Lutjanidae Gill, 1861

Synonymised names

Apsilius · unaccepted (misspelling)

Direct children (3)

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Species Apsilus dentatus Guichenot, 1853
Species Apsilus fuscus Valenciennes, 1830
Species Apsilus xanthurus (Bleeker, 1869) accepted as Paracaesio xanthura (Bleeker, 1869) accepted as Paracaesio xanthurus (Bleeker, 1869)

Environment

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

Original description

Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Apsilus Valenciennes, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204724 on 2025-05-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1998-08-21 11:24:16Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-12-02 12:48:54Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [details]

basis of record Playfair, R. L.; Guenther, A. C. L. G. (1866). The Fishes of Zanzibar. John Van Voorst: Paternoster Row, London. [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]

Other

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

Unreviewed

Remark Placed in Percidae in <376>. [details]

Definitions

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