IRMNG - Somileptus Swainson, 1839

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Somileptus Swainson, 1839

IRMNG_ID

1354948 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1354948)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Cobitidae Swainson, 1838

Synonymised names

Leptosomus Agassiz, 1846 · unaccepted

Somileptes Swainson, 1839 · unaccepted

Somileptis · unaccepted

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Species Somileptus gongota (Hamilton, 1822)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Hist. Classif. Fish., 2, 190 (as Somileptes p. 311). [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark (as subgenus of Canthophrys). Swainson spelled the name as Somileptus on pp. 190 and 443. First reviser is Nalbant 1963 who...

Taxonomic remark (as subgenus of Canthophrys). Swainson spelled the name as Somileptus on pp. 190 and 443. First reviser is Nalbant 1963 who selected Somileptus. See Kottelat 1998. (Eschmeyer). [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Somileptus Swainson, 1839. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1354948 on 2024-05-28

Taxonomic edit history

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2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

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Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

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Rees, Tony

2016-11-22 09:43:47Z

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original description Hist. Classif. Fish., 2, 190 (as Somileptes p. 311). [details]

basis of record SN2000/Froese & Pauly, 1990-2005 [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]

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

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

extant flag source SN2000/Froese & Pauly, 1990-2005 [details]

habitat flag source FishBase [details]

original description (of Leptosomus 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]

original description (of Somileptes Swainson, 1839) Hist. Classif. Fish., 2, 190 (as Somileptus; also as Somileptes p. 311). [details]

From other sources

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

Subfamily Cobitinae [details]

Type species as cited Cobitis gongota Hamilton 1822 [details]

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