WoRMS taxon details
Microdesmus Günther, 1864
Leptocerdale Weymouth, 1910 · unaccepted
- Species Microdesmus aethiopicus (Chabanaud, 1927)
- Species Microdesmus affinis Meek & Hildebrand, 1928
- Species Microdesmus africanus Dawson, 1979
- Species Microdesmus bahianus Dawson, 1973
- Species Microdesmus carri Gilbert, 1966
- Species Microdesmus dipus Günther, 1864
- Species Microdesmus dorsipunctatus Dawson, 1968
- Species Microdesmus hildebrandi Reid, 1936
- Species Microdesmus intermedius Meek & Hildebrand, 1928
- Species Microdesmus knappi Dawson, 1972
- Species Microdesmus lanceolatus Dawson, 1962
- Species Microdesmus longipinnis (Weymouth, 1910)
- Species Microdesmus luscus Dawson, 1977
- Species Microdesmus multiradiatus Meek & Hildebrand, 1928
- Species Microdesmus retropinnis Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
- Species Microdesmus suttkusi Gilbert, 1966
- Species Microdesmus floridana (Longley, 1934) accepted as Cerdale floridana Longley, 1934
- Species Microdesmus woodsi Kanazawa, 1952 accepted as Microdesmus longipinnis (Weymouth, 1910)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Günther, A. (1864). On some new species of Central-American fishes. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864.</em> (pt 1) (art. 4) (for 26 Jan. 1864): 23-27, Pls. 3-4. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Microdesmus Günther, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159407 on 2025-04-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Günther, A. (1864). On some new species of Central-American fishes. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864.</em> (pt 1) (art. 4) (for 26 Jan. 1864): 23-27, Pls. 3-4. [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
