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WoRMS taxon details

Kaupichthys Schultz, 1943

AphiaID

158575 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158575)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Chlopsidae Rafinesque, 1815

Direct children (8)

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Species Kaupichthys atronasus Schultz, 1953
Species Kaupichthys brachychirus Schultz, 1953
Species Kaupichthys diodontus Schultz, 1943
Species Kaupichthys hyoproroides (Strömman, 1896)
Species Kaupichthys japonicus Matsubara & Asano, 1960
Species Kaupichthys nuchalis Böhlke, 1967
Species Kaupichthys atlanticus Böhlke, 1956 accepted as Kaupichthys hyoproroides (Strömman, 1896)
Species Kaupichthys hypoproroides (Strömman, 1896) accepted as Kaupichthys hyoproroides (Strömman, 1896) (misspelling)

Environment

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

Original description

Schultz, L. P. (1943). Fishes of the Phoenix and Samoan islands collected in 1939 during the expedition of the U. S. S. "Bushnell.". Bulletin of the United States National Museum. No. 180: i-x + 1-316, Pls. 1-9. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Kaupichthys Schultz, 1943. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158575 on 2025-04-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-26 07:43:32Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2013-03-11 12:13:38Z

checked

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Schultz, L. P. (1943). Fishes of the Phoenix and Samoan islands collected in 1939 during the expedition of the U. S. S. "Bushnell.". Bulletin of the United States National Museum. No. 180: i-x + 1-316, Pls. 1-9. [details]

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

Taxonomy

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