IRMNG - Atractosteus Rafinesque, 1820

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Atractosteus Rafinesque, 1820

IRMNG_ID

1202488 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1202488)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Lepisosteidae Bonaparte, 1835

Synonymised names

Atractoseus · unaccepted (misspelling)

Litholepes Swainson, 1839 · unaccepted

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Species Atractosteus spatula (Lacepède, 1803)
Species Atractosteus tristoechus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Atractosteus tropicus Gill, 1863
Species Atractosteus adamantinus (Rafinesque, 1818) accepted as Atractosteus spatula (Lacepède, 1803)
Species Atractosteus lucius Duméril, 1870 accepted as Atractosteus spatula (Lacepède, 1803)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Western Review, 3 (3)
page(s): 171 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark (as subgenus of Lepisosteus). Also in Rafinesque 1820 (Dec.). See Grande 2010 for included fossil synonyms. (Eschmeyer).

Taxonomic remark (as subgenus of Lepisosteus). Also in Rafinesque 1820 (Dec.). See Grande 2010 for included fossil synonyms. (Eschmeyer). [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Atractosteus Rafinesque, 1820. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1202488 on 2024-04-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2016-11-22 11:10:04Z

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original description Western Review, 3 (3)
page(s): 171 [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]

basis of record SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [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 WoRMS (Mar 2013) [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]

extant flag source SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998, PaleoDB [details]

habitat flag source FishBase [details]

original description (of Litholepes Swainson, 1839) H. N. Class. Fish., 2, 187
page(s): 297 [details]

From other sources

Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater + Brackish. FishBase flag: All Freshwater. [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

Taxonomic remark (as subgenus of Lepisosteus). Also in Rafinesque 1820 (Dec.). See Grande 2010 for included fossil synonyms. (Eschmeyer). [details]

Type species as cited Lepisosteus (Atractosteus) ferox Rafinesque 1820 [details]

To WoRMS (from synonym Atractoseus)
To WoRMS