WoRMS taxon details
Pterois Oken, 1817
AphiaID: 204051
AphiaID: 204051
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Scorpaenidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Scorpaenidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Pseudomonopterus Pteropterus Swainson, 1839 (synonym) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] from synonym: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Pterois andover Allen & Erdmann, 2008 Species Pterois antennata (Bloch, 1787) Species Pterois brevipectoralis (Mandrytsa, 2002) Species Pterois lunulata Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 Species Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828) Species Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957) Species Pterois radiata Cuvier, 1829 Species Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831 Species Pterois sphex Jordan & Evermann, 1903 Species Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Pterois barberi Steindachner, 1900 accepted as Dendrochirus barberi (Steindachner, 1900) Species Pterois bleekeri Döderlein, 1884 accepted as Ebosia bleekeri (Döderlein, 1884) Species Pterois brachyptera Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Dendrochirus brachypterus (Cuvier, 1829) Species Pterois cincta Rüppell, 1838 accepted as Pterois radiata Cuvier, 1829 Species Pterois geniserra Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831 Species Pterois heterurus Bleeker, 1856 accepted as Parapterois heterura (Bleeker, 1856) Species Pterois kodipungi Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831 Species Pterois macrura Alcock, 1896 accepted as Parapterois macrura (Alcock, 1896) Species Pterois mambassae (Smith, 1957) accepted as Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957) Species Pterois mombassae (Smith, 1957) accepted as Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957) Species Pterois muricata Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828) Species Pterois natalensis von Bonde, 1923 accepted as Parapterois heterura (Bleeker, 1856) Species Pterois nigripinnis Gilchrist, 1904 accepted as Parapterois heterura (Bleeker, 1856) Species Pterois russeli Bennett, 1831 accepted as Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831 Species Pterois russelli Bennett, 1831 accepted as Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831 Species Pterois russellii Bennett, 1831 accepted as Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831 Species Pterois zebra Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Dendrochirus zebra (Cuvier, 1829) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204051 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Pterois Oken, 1817. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204051 on 2013-05-26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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