WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Embiotocidae Agassiz, 1853

AphiaID

151386 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151386)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Ovalentaria incertae sedis

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Genus Amphistichus Agassiz, 1854
Genus Brachyistius Gill, 1862
Genus Cymatogaster Gibbons, 1854
Genus Ditrema Temminck & Schlegel, 1844
Genus Embiotoca Agassiz, 1853
Genus Hyperprosopon Gibbons, 1854
Genus Hypocritichthys Gill, 1862
Genus Hypsurus Agassiz, 1861
Genus Hysterocarpus Gibbons, 1854
Genus Micrometrus Gibbons, 1854
Genus Neoditrema Steindachner, 1883
Genus Phanerodon Girard, 1854
Genus Rhacochilus Agassiz, 1854
Genus Zalembius Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Genus Abeona Girard, 1855 accepted as Micrometrus Gibbons, 1854
Genus Amphigonopterus Hubbs, 1918 accepted as Micrometrus Gibbons, 1854
Genus Crossochir Hubbs, 1933 accepted as Amphistichus Agassiz, 1854
Genus Cruantus Smith, 1959 accepted as Amphistichus Agassiz, 1854
Genus Dacentrus Jordan, 1878 accepted as Hysterocarpus Gibbons, 1854
Genus Holconotus Agassiz, 1854 accepted as Amphistichus Agassiz, 1854
Genus Metrogaster Agassiz, 1861 accepted as Cymatogaster Gibbons, 1854
Genus Mytilophagus Gibbons, 1854 accepted as Amphistichus Agassiz, 1854
Genus Sargosomus Agassiz, 1861 accepted as Hysterocarpus Gibbons, 1854
Genus Sema Jordan, 1878 accepted as Embiotoca Agassiz, 1853
Genus Taeniotoca Agassiz, 1861 accepted as Embiotoca Agassiz, 1853

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Embiotocidae Agassiz, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151386 on 2025-03-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-06 10:22:32Z

created

Claus, Simon

2015-04-17 08:48:21Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2021-06-30 10:54:26Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors