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Plectorhinchus Lacepède, 1801

1440809 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1440809)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Actinopterygii (Class)
  6. Perciformes (Order)
  7. Haemulidae (Family)
  8. Plectorhinchus (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Haemulidae Gill, 1885
Gaterin Forsskål, 1775 · unaccepted (synonym)
Leitectus Smith, 1952 · unaccepted (synonym)
Plectorhincus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Plectorhynchus Berthold in Latreille, 1827 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Plectorhyncus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Plectorinchus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Plectorrhinchus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Plectorynchus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Plectrohinchus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Plectrorhynchus Fleming, 1822 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pluchus Smith, 1949 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pseudopristipoma Sauvage, 1880 · unaccepted (synonym)
Spilotichthys Fowler, 1904 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Species Plectorhinchus albovittatus (Rüppell, 1838)
  2. Species Plectorhinchus celebicus Bleeker, 1873
  3. Species Plectorhinchus ceylonensis (Smith, 1956)
  4. Species Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides Lacepède, 1801
  5. Species Plectorhinchus chrysotaenia (Bleeker, 1855)
  6. Species Plectorhinchus chubbi (Regan, 1919)
  7. Species Plectorhinchus cinctus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)
  8. Species Plectorhinchus diagrammus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  9. Species Plectorhinchus faetela (Forsskål, 1775)
  10. Species Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus (Cuvier, 1830)
  11. Species Plectorhinchus gaterinoides (Smith, 1962)
  12. Species Plectorhinchus gaterinus (Forsskål, 1775)
  13. Species Plectorhinchus gibbosus (Lacepède, 1802)
  14. Species Plectorhinchus goldmanni (Bleeker, 1853)
  15. Species Plectorhinchus harrawayi (Smith, 1952)
  16. Species Plectorhinchus lessonii (Cuvier, 1830)
  17. Species Plectorhinchus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  18. Species Plectorhinchus macrolepis (Boulenger, 1899)
  19. Species Plectorhinchus macrospilus Satapoomin & Randall, 2000
  20. Species Plectorhinchus mediterraneus (Guichenot, 1850)
  21. Species Plectorhinchus multivittatus (Macleay, 1878)
  22. Species Plectorhinchus nigrus (Cuvier, 1830)
  23. Species Plectorhinchus nitidus
  24. Species Plectorhinchus obscurus (Günther, 1872)
  25. Species Plectorhinchus orientalis (Bloch, 1793)
  26. Species Plectorhinchus paulayi Steindachner, 1895
  27. Species Plectorhinchus pictus (Tortonese, 1936)
  28. Species Plectorhinchus picus (Cuvier, 1830)
  29. Species Plectorhinchus picus (Cuvier, 1828)
  30. Species Plectorhinchus plagiodesmus Fowler, 1935
  31. Species Plectorhinchus playfairi (Pellegrin, 1914)
  32. Species Plectorhinchus polytaenia (Bleeker, 1853)
  33. Species Plectorhinchus punctatissimus (Playfair, 1868)
  34. Species Plectorhinchus radja
  35. Species Plectorhinchus schotaf (Forsskål, 1775)
  36. Species Plectorhinchus sordidus (Klunzinger, 1870)
  37. Species Plectorhinchus umbrinus (Klunzinger, 1870)
  38. Species Plectorhinchus unicolor (Macleay, 1883)
  39. Species Plectorhinchus vittatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  40. Species Plectorhinchus celebecus Bleeker, 1873 accepted as Plectorhinchus celebicus Bleeker, 1873
  41. Species Plectorhinchus chaetodontoides Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides Lacepède, 1801
  42. Species Plectorhinchus chaetodontonoides Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides Lacepède, 1801
  43. Species Plectorhinchus cuvieri (Bennett, 1831) accepted as Plectorhinchus vittatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  44. Species Plectorhinchus fangi Whitley, 1951 accepted as Plectorhinchus pictus (Tortonese, 1936)
  45. Species Plectorhinchus gibbosus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853) accepted as Plectorhinchus gibbosus (Lacepède, 1802)
  46. Species Plectorhinchus giganteum (Günther, 1879) accepted as Plectorhinchus obscurus (Günther, 1872)
  47. Species Plectorhinchus goldmani (Bleeker, 1853) accepted as Plectorhinchus goldmanni (Bleeker, 1853)
  48. Species Plectorhinchus goldmanni (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Plectorhinchus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  49. Species Plectorhinchus griseus (Cuvier, 1830) accepted as Plectorhinchus schotaf (Forsskål, 1775)
  50. Species Plectorhinchus lineatum (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Plectorhinchus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  51. Species Plectorhinchus multivittatum (Macleay, 1878) accepted as Plectorhinchus multivittatus (Macleay, 1878)
  52. Species Plectorhinchus obscurum (Günther, 1872) accepted as Plectorhinchus obscurus (Günther, 1872)
  53. Species Plectorhinchus pictus (Thunberg, 1792) accepted as Diagramma pictum (Thunberg, 1792)
  54. Species Plectorhinchus roughleyi Whitley, 1930 accepted as Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus (Cuvier, 1830)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
H. N. Poiss., 3
page(s): 134 [details] 
Taxonomic remark Authority given in Nomen. Zool. as Lacepède, 1802. Genus description also appeared in Sonnini 1803 (vol. 8)....  
Taxonomic remark Authority given in Nomen. Zool. as Lacepède, 1802. Genus description also appeared in Sonnini 1803 (vol. 8). Plectorhincus, Plectorincus, Plectorhynchus, Plectrorhynchus, and Plectorrhynchus of early authors are emendations or incorrect subsequent spellings. (Eschmeyer). [details]
IRMNG (2025). Plectorhinchus Lacepède, 1801. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1440809 on 2026-09-22
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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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Decock, Wim

original description H. N. Poiss., 3
page(s): 134 [details] 

basis of record Nomenclator Zoologicus (auth. adjusted as per Eschmeyer) [details] 

basis of record SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [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]. 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 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., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10698313 [details] 

habitat flag source FishBase [details] 

original description (of Leitectus Smith, 1952) Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (12) 5
page(s): 712 [details] 

original description (of Pseudopristipoma Sauvage, 1880) Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, (7) 4
page(s): 220 [details] 

original description (of Gaterin Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 45 [details] 

original description (of Euelatichthys Fowler, 1904) Fowler, H.W. (1904). A collection of fishes from Sumatra. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Second series.</em> 12(4): 495-560., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35214059
page(s): 527 [details] 

original description (of Spilotichthys Fowler, 1904) Fowler, H.W. (1904). A collection of fishes from Sumatra. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Second series.</em> 12(4): 495-560., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35214059
page(s): 528 [details] 

original description (of Plectorrhynchus Berthold in Latreille, 1827) in Latreille, Nat. Fam. Thierr., 127 (as Plectorhynchus p. 591). [details] 

original description (of Plectorhynchus Berthold in Latreille, 1827) in Latreille, Nat. Fam. Thierr., 127 (as Plectorrhynchus; also as Plectorhynchus p. 591). [details] 

original description (of Pseudohelotes Guimarães, 1882) J. Acad. Lisboa, 8
page(s): 222 [details] 

original description (of Pseudo-Helotes Guimarães, 1882) J. Acad. Lisboa, 8
page(s): 222 [details] 

original description (of Plectrorhynchus Fleming, 1822) Phil. Zool., 2
page(s): 396 [details] 

original description (of Pluchus Smith, 1949) The sea fishes of southern Africa. Central News Agency Ltd, Cape Town
page(s): 261 [details] 
Unreviewed
Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater + Brackish + Marine. FishBase flag: Mostly Marine. [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

Subfamily Plectorhinchinae [details]

Taxonomic remark Authority given in Nomen. Zool. as Lacepède, 1802. Genus description also appeared in Sonnini 1803 (vol. 8). Plectorhincus, Plectorincus, Plectorhynchus, Plectrorhynchus, and Plectorrhynchus of early authors are emendations or incorrect subsequent spellings. (Eschmeyer). [details]

Type species as cited Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides Lacepède 1801 [details]
To BioNames database (from synonym Pseudohelotes Guimarães, 1882)
To BioNames database (from synonym Pseudopristipoma Sauvage, 1880)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Pseudopristipoma Sauvage, 1880)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Pseudohelotes Guimarães, 1882)
To WoRMS (from synonym Plectorynchus)
To WoRMS (from synonym Plectorrhinchus)
To WoRMS (from synonym Plectorinchus)
To WoRMS (from synonym Plectrohinchus)
To WoRMS (from synonym Plectorhyncus)
To WoRMS (from synonym Gaterin Forsskål, 1775)
To WoRMS (from synonym Pseudopristipoma Sauvage, 1880)
To WoRMS (from synonym Spilotichthys Fowler, 1904)
To WoRMS (from synonym Pluchus Smith, 1949)
To WoRMS (from synonym Plectorhincus)
To WoRMS 
To WoRMS (from synonym Plectrorhynchus Fleming, 1822)
To WoRMS (from synonym Leitectus Smith, 1952)
To WoRMS (from synonym Plectorhynchus Berthold in Latreille, 1827)
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