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Malapterurus Lacepède, 1803

1048493  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1048493)

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Hist. Nat. Poiss., 5
page(s): 90 [details]   
Taxonomic remark On Official List (Opinion 93, Direction 56). Malapterus Jarocki 1822 and Malapturus Swainson 1839 both on Official Index as...  
Taxonomic remark On Official List (Opinion 93, Direction 56). Malapterus Jarocki 1822 and Malapturus Swainson 1839 both on Official Index as incorrect subsequent spellings (Direction 56). Unjustifiably emended to Malopterurus by Agassiz 1846; as Malacopterurus by Gill 1890 [Century Dictionary, v. 4 - not investigated]. (Eschmeyer). [details]
IRMNG (2021). Malapterurus Lacepède, 1803. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1048493 on 2024-03-28
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original description Hist. Nat. Poiss., 5
page(s): 90 [details]   

basis of record SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details]   

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]   

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]   

verified source for family Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]   

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]   

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]   

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]   

extant flag source SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details]   

habitat flag source FishBase [details]   

original description  (of Malapturus Swainson, 1838) Hist. Classif. Fish., 1, 348
page(s): 353 [details]   

original description  (of Molapterurus Heckel in Russegger, 1849) in Russegger, Reis., 2 (3)
page(s): 292 [details]   

original description  (of Malapterus Jarocki, 1822) Zoologiia, 4
page(s): 87 [details]   

original description  (of Malopterurus Agassiz, 1846) Agassiz, L. (1846). Nomenclatoris zoologici index universalis. Jent & Gassman. viii + 393 pp. [1847]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33664307 [details]   
From other sources
Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater. FishBase flag: All Freshwater. [details]

Nomenclatural status available [details]

Taxonomic remark On Official List (Opinion 93, Direction 56). Malapterus Jarocki 1822 and Malapturus Swainson 1839 both on Official Index as incorrect subsequent spellings (Direction 56). Unjustifiably emended to Malopterurus by Agassiz 1846; as Malacopterurus by Gill 1890 [Century Dictionary, v. 4 - not investigated]. (Eschmeyer). [details]

Type species as cited Silurus electricus Gmelin 1789 [details]

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