IRMNG - Alectis Rafinesque, 1815

IRMNG taxon details

Alectis Rafinesque, 1815

IRMNG_ID

1441051 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1441051)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Carangidae Rafinesque, 1815

Synonymised names

Alectes · unaccepted (misspelling)

Alectrus Agassiz, 1846 · unaccepted

Blepharichthys Gill, 1861 · unaccepted

Blepharis Cuvier, 1816 · unaccepted

Gallichthys Agassiz, 1845 · unaccepted (misspelling)

Gallichtys Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833 · unaccepted (synonym)

Gallus Lacepède, 1802 · unaccepted

Hynnis Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833 · unaccepted

Scyris Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted

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Species Alectis alexandrinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
Species Alectis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787)
Species Alectis indica (Rüppell, 1830)
Species Alectis alexandrina (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) accepted as Alectis alexandrinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
Species Alectis breviventralis Wakiya, 1924 accepted as Alectis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787)
Species Alectis cilaris (Bloch, 1787) accepted as Alectis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787)
Species Alectis cilliaris Bloch, 1787 accepted as Alectis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787)
Species Alectis crinitus (Mitchill, 1826) accepted as Alectis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787)
Species Alectis indica (Cuvier, 1833) accepted as Alectis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787)
Species Alectis indicus (Rüppell, 1830) accepted as Alectis indica (Rüppell, 1830)
Species Alectis temmincki Wakiya, 1924 accepted as Alectis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'universe et des corps organisés. Palermo: Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/106607
page(s): 84 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark n.n. pro Gallus Lacepède 1802 (Nomen. Zool.). As "Alectis R. [Rafinesque] Gallus Lac. [Lacepède]." An available...

Taxonomic remark n.n. pro Gallus Lacepède 1802 (Nomen. Zool.). As "Alectis R. [Rafinesque] Gallus Lac. [Lacepède]." An available replacement name for Gallus Lacepède 1802, preoccupied in Aves. (Eschmeyer). [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Alectis Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1441051 on 2024-04-19

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

changed

db_admin

2017-11-22 13:18:58Z

changed

Decock, Wim

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original description Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'universe et des corps organisés. Palermo: Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/106607
page(s): 84 [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 Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363, 1-560. [details]

habitat flag source FishBase [details]

original description (of Blepharis Cuvier, 1816) R. Anim., 2
page(s): 322 [details]

original description (of Gallus Lacepède, 1802) Hist. Nat. Poiss., 4
page(s): 583 [details]

original description (of Gallichthys Agassiz, 1845) Nomen. Zool. (Pisc.)
page(s): 26 [details]

original description (of Blepharichthys Gill, 1861) Gill, T.N. (1861). Catalogue of the fishes of the eastern coast of North America, from Greenland to Georgia. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 1861(suppl.): 1-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1683686
page(s): 36 [details]

original description (of Hynnis Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833) H. N. Poiss., 9
page(s): 195 [details]

original description (of Scyris Cuvier, 1829) R. Anim., ed. 2, 2
page(s): 209 [details]

original description (of Gallichtys Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833) H. N. Poiss., 9
page(s): 168 [details]

original description (of Alectrus 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: Brackish + Marine. FishBase flag: All Marine. [details]

Type species as cited Gallus virescens Lacepède 1802 [details]

To WoRMS (from synonym Blepharichthys Gill, 1861)
To WoRMS (from synonym Hynnis Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833)
To WoRMS (from synonym Scyris Cuvier, 1829)
To WoRMS (from synonym Gallichtys Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833)
To WoRMS (from synonym Gallus Lacepède, 1802)
To WoRMS (from synonym Alectes)
To WoRMS (from synonym Gallichthys Agassiz, 1845)
To WoRMS (from synonym Blepharis Cuvier, 1816)
To WoRMS