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WoRMS taxon details

Atrophacanthus Fraser-Brunner, 1950

AphiaID

204140 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204140)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Triacanthodidae Gill, 1862

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Species Atrophacanthus japonicus (Kamohara, 1941)
Species Atrophacanthus danae Fraser-Brunner, 1950 accepted as Atrophacanthus japonicus (Kamohara, 1941)

Environment

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

Original description

Fraser-Brunner, A. (1950). Studies in plectognath fishes from the "Dana"-Expeditions. I. An interesting new genus of triacanthodid fishes from the Celebes Sea. Dana Report. No. 35: 1-8. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Atrophacanthus Fraser-Brunner, 1950. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204140 on 2025-04-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-06 06:55:51Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-03-08 15:41:42Z

checked

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Fraser-Brunner, A. (1950). Studies in plectognath fishes from the "Dana"-Expeditions. I. An interesting new genus of triacanthodid fishes from the Celebes Sea. Dana Report. No. 35: 1-8. [details]

basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [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]