Marine Species Traits - Auchenipterus Valenciennes, 1840

Traits taxon details

Auchenipterus Valenciennes, 1840

AphiaID

268447 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:268447)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Auchenipterinae Bleeker, 1862

Direct children (11)

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Species Auchenipterus ambyiacus Fowler, 1915
Species Auchenipterus brachyurus (Cope, 1878)
Species Auchenipterus brevior Eigenmann, 1912
Species Auchenipterus britskii Ferraris & Vari, 1999
Species Auchenipterus demerarae Eigenmann, 1912
Species Auchenipterus dentatus Valenciennes, 1840
Species Auchenipterus fordicei Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888
Species Auchenipterus menezesi Ferraris & Vari, 1999
Species Auchenipterus nigripinnis (Boulenger, 1895)
Species Auchenipterus nuchalis (Spix & Agassiz, 1829)
Species Auchenipterus osteomystax (Miranda Ribeiro, 1918)

Environment

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

Original description

Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. v. 15: i-xxxi + 1-540, Pls. 421-455. [Valenciennes authored volume. i-xxiv + 1-397 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Auchenipterus Valenciennes, 1840. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=268447 on 2025-05-24

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Auchenipterus Valenciennes, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=268447 on 2025-05-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 10:18:16Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2008-04-24 06:44:15Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2013-03-08 15:41:42Z

checked

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. v. 15: i-xxxi + 1-540, Pls. 421-455. [Valenciennes authored volume. i-xxiv + 1-397 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]

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

context source (MSBIAS) Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. (2023). 2019 The Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) Wembury Bioblitz survey. The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH). , available online at https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php#details?tpc=010_71a02145fae5466afe757cd48b999ded [details]

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Introduced: alien

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