Marine Species Traits - Anarrhichthys Ayres, 1855

ARMS taxon details

Anarrhichthys Ayres, 1855

AphiaID

268306 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:268306)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Anarhichadidae Bonaparte, 1835

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Species Anarrhichthys ocellatus Ayres, 1855

Environment

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

Original description

Ayres, W. O. (1855). [Description of new fishes from California.]. (Minutes of Academy meetings were printed in "The Pacific" (a newspaper) shortly after each meeting. New species date to publication in The Pacific. Dates of publication are given in each species account). The Pacific [newspaper]. v. 4 (nos 7-22). [Also appeared in Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci. v. 1.]. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Anarrhichthys Ayres, 1855. Accessed through: Sirenko, B.I.; Clarke, C.; Hopcroft, R.R.; Huettmann, F.; Bluhm, B.A.; Gradinger, R. (eds) (2021) The Arctic Register of Marine Species (ARMS) compiled by the Arctic Ocean Diversity (ArcOD) at: http://marinespecies.org/arms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=268306 on 2025-05-30

Regional species database citation

Sirenko, B.I.; Clarke, C.; Hopcroft, R.R.; Huettmann, F.; Bluhm, B.A.; Gradinger, R. (eds) (2025). The Arctic Register of Marine Species (ARMS) compiled by the Arctic Ocean Diversity (ArcOD). Anarrhichthys Ayres, 1855. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/arms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=268306 on 2025-05-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 10:18:16Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Ayres, W. O. (1855). [Description of new fishes from California.]. (Minutes of Academy meetings were printed in "The Pacific" (a newspaper) shortly after each meeting. New species date to publication in The Pacific. Dates of publication are given in each species account). The Pacific [newspaper]. v. 4 (nos 7-22). [Also appeared in Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci. v. 1.]. [details]

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]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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