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Uropterygius Rüppell, 1838

AphiaID

205119 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205119)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Uropterygius concolor Rüppell, 1838 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Uropterygiinae Fowler, 1925

Direct children (21)

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Species Uropterygius concolor Rüppell, 1838
Species Uropterygius fasciolatus (Regan, 1909)
Species Uropterygius fuscoguttatus Schultz, 1953
Species Uropterygius genie Randall & Golani, 1995
Species Uropterygius golanii McCosker & Smith, 1997
Species Uropterygius inornatus Gosline, 1958
Species Uropterygius kamar McCosker & Randall, 1977
Species Uropterygius macrocephalus (Bleeker, 1864)
Species Uropterygius macularius (Lesueur, 1825)
Species Uropterygius marmoratus (Lacepède, 1803)
Species Uropterygius micropterus (Bleeker, 1852)
Species Uropterygius nagoensis Hatooka, 1984
Species Uropterygius oligospondylus Chen, Randall & Loh, 2008
Species Uropterygius polyspilus (Regan, 1909)
Species Uropterygius polystictus Myers & Wade, 1941
Species Uropterygius supraforatus (Regan, 1909)
Species Uropterygius versutus Bussing, 1991
Species Uropterygius wheeleri Blache, 1967
Species Uropterygius xanthopterus Bleeker, 1859
Species Uropterygius xenodontus McCosker & Smith, 1997
Species Uropterygius alboguttatus Smith, 1962 accepted as Uropterygius xanthopterus Bleeker, 1859

Environment

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

Original description

Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1835-1838). Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig Fische des Rothen Meeres. Siegmund Schmerber, Frankfurt am Main. i-ii + 1-148, Pls. 1-33. [1835:1-28, Pls. 1-7; 1836:29-52, Pls. 8-14; 1837:53-80, Pls. 15-21; 1838:81-148, Pls. 22-33.]. [For dates see Sawyer 1952 [ref. 13582].]. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Uropterygius Rüppell, 1838. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2024) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205119 on 2024-05-16

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2024). Marine Species Traits. Uropterygius Rüppell, 1838. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205119 on 2024-05-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1998-05-15 11:50:41Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-28 06:51:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2013-03-12 07:07:31Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1835-1838). Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig Fische des Rothen Meeres. Siegmund Schmerber, Frankfurt am Main. i-ii + 1-148, Pls. 1-33. [1835:1-28, Pls. 1-7; 1836:29-52, Pls. 8-14; 1837:53-80, Pls. 15-21; 1838:81-148, Pls. 22-33.]. [For dates see Sawyer 1952 [ref. 13582].]. [details]

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

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [details]

basis of record McCosker, J. E.; Smith, D. G. (1997). Two new Indo-Pacific morays of the genus Uropterygius (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae). Bulletin of Marine Science. 60(3): 1005-1014. [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source 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]