IRMNG - Pachymetopon Günther, 1859

IRMNG taxon details

Pachymetopon Günther, 1859

IRMNG_ID

1258521 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1258521)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Sparidae Rafinesque, 1818

Synonymised names

Simocantharus Fowler, 1933 · unaccepted

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Species Pachymetopon aeneum (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
Species Pachymetopon blochii (Valenciennes, 1830)
Species Pachymetopon grande Günther, 1859
Species Pachymetopon canescens Norman, 1935 accepted as Pachymetopon blochii (Valenciennes, 1830)
Species Pachymetopon germanum Barnard, 1934 accepted as Polyamblyodon germanum (Barnard, 1934)
Species Pachymetopon gibbosus Pellegrin, 1914 accepted as Polyamblyodon gibbosum (Pellegrin, 1914)
Species Pachymetopon glaucum Norman, 1935 accepted as Pachymetopon grande Günther, 1859
Species Pachymetopon guentheri Steindachner, 1869 accepted as Pachymetopon grande Günther, 1859
Species Pachymetopon squamosum Alleyne & Macleay, 1877 accepted as Kyphosus cinerascens (Forsskål, 1775)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Günther, A. (1859). Catalogue of the Acanthopterygian fishes in the Collection of the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gasterosteidae, Berycidae, Percidae, Aphredoderidae, Pristipomatidae, Mullidae, Sparidae. Vol. 1. British Museum, London. 524 p., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34533
page(s): 424 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as Guenther, 1859.

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as Guenther, 1859. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Pachymetopon Günther, 1859. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1258521 on 2025-04-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

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Rees, Tony

2016-11-22 11:10:04Z

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db_admin

2017-11-22 13:18:58Z

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Decock, Wim

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original description Günther, A. (1859). Catalogue of the Acanthopterygian fishes in the Collection of the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gasterosteidae, Berycidae, Percidae, Aphredoderidae, Pristipomatidae, Mullidae, Sparidae. Vol. 1. British Museum, London. 524 p., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34533
page(s): 424 [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]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [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]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [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 [details]

habitat flag source FishBase [details]

original description (of Simocantharus Fowler, 1933) Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., No. 100, 12
page(s): 185 [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info From FishBase: Marine. FishBase flag: All Marine. [details]

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as Guenther, 1859. [details]

Type species as cited Pachymetopon grande Günther 1859 [details]

To BioNames database (from synonym Simocantharus Fowler, 1933)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Simocantharus Fowler, 1933)
To WoRMS