Marine Species Traits - Homalopterula Fowler, 1940

Traits taxon details

Homalopterula Fowler, 1940

AphiaID

826678 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:826678)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Balitoridae Swainson, 1839

Direct children (6)

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Species Homalopterula amphisquamata (Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)
Species Homalopterula gymnogaster (Bleeker, 1853)
Species Homalopterula heterolepis (Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)
Species Homalopterula modiglianii (Perugia, 1893)
Species Homalopterula ripleyi Fowler, 1940
Species Homalopterula vanderbilti (Fowler, 1940)

Environment

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

Original description

Fowler, H. W. (1940). Zoological results of the George Vanderbilt Sumatran Expedition, 1936-1939. Part II.--The fishes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 91: 369-398. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Homalopterula Fowler, 1940. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=826678 on 2025-09-17

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Homalopterula Fowler, 1940. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=826678 on 2025-09-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-11-25 12:32:11Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

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Sources (3)
Links (3)

original description Fowler, H. W. (1940). Zoological results of the George Vanderbilt Sumatran Expedition, 1936-1939. Part II.--The fishes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 91: 369-398. [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]

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

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