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WoRMS taxon details

Misgurnus Lacepède, 1803

AphiaID

154344 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154344)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Cobitis fossilis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Misgurnus fossilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Parent

Cobitinae Swainson, 1838

Synonymised names

Ussuria Nikolskii, 1903 · unaccepted

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Species Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cantor, 1842)
Species Misgurnus fossilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Misgurnus crossochilus Sauvage, 1878 accepted as Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cantor, 1842) (synonym)
Species Misgurnus dabryanus (Sauvage, 1878) accepted as Paramisgurnus dabryanus Dabry de Thiersant, 1872
Species Misgurnus elongatus Kimura, 1934 accepted as Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cantor, 1842) (synonym)
Species Misgurnus lateralis Günther, 1868 accepted as Lepidocephalichthys guntea (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Misgurnus lividus (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874) accepted as Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cantor, 1842)
Species Misgurnus punctatus Oshima, 1926 accepted as Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cantor, 1842) (synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Misgurnus Lacepède, 1803. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154344 on 2025-04-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-18 08:19:08Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2013-03-11 13:25:43Z

checked

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629 [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source 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 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]