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IRMNG name detailsOmpax Castelnau, 1879
1127709 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1127709)
uncertain > nomen dubium (name based on a non-existent/hoax taxon)
Genus
recent only
Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 3
page(s): 165 [details]
Taxonomic remark Perhaps mythical; based on a drawing that is probably a rough representation of Epiceratodus Teller, according to Jordan. A...
Taxonomic remark Perhaps mythical; based on a drawing that is probably a rough representation of Epiceratodus Teller, according to Jordan. A sketch based on a madeup fish and involving a hoax (Herald 1961). (Eschmeyer). According to Whitley, the hoax involved a composite animal "a creature, part platypus, part lung fish and part eel" of which a description/image was then sent to Castelnau. [details]
IRMNG (2021). Ompax Castelnau, 1879. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1127709 on 2024-05-02
Date action by
original description
Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 3
page(s): 165 [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] status source Whitley, G. P. (1974). Laporte, François Louis Nompar de Caumont (1810–1880) (biographical entry in Australian Dictionary of Biography). , available online at http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/laporte-francois-louis-nompar-de-caumont-3993 [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] extant flag source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] habitat flag source as per family [details] From other sources
Nomenclatural status nomen dubium [details]Taxonomic remark Perhaps mythical; based on a drawing that is probably a rough representation of Epiceratodus Teller, according to Jordan. A sketch based on a madeup fish and involving a hoax (Herald 1961). (Eschmeyer). According to Whitley, the hoax involved a composite animal "a creature, part platypus, part lung fish and part eel" of which a description/image was then sent to Castelnau. [details] Type species as cited Ompax spatuloides Castelnau 1879 [details] |
