Canadian Register of Marine Species - Xenomystax Gilbert, 1891

CaRMS taxon details

Xenomystax Gilbert, 1891

AphiaID

271244 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271244)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Congrinae Kaup, 1856

Synonymised names

Paraxenomystax Reid, 1940 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Xenomystax atrarius Gilbert, 1891

Environment

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

Original description

Gilbert, C. H. (1891). Descriptions of apodal fishes from the tropical Pacific. In: Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. Proceedings of the United States National Museu. v. 14 (no. 856): 347-352., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.14-856.347 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Xenomystax Gilbert, 1891. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271244 on 2026-07-01

Regional species database citation

Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Xenomystax Gilbert, 1891. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271244 on 2026-07-01

Taxonomic edit history

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2008-01-15 10:18:16Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Gilbert, C. H. (1891). Descriptions of apodal fishes from the tropical Pacific. In: Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. Proceedings of the United States National Museu. v. 14 (no. 856): 347-352., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.14-856.347 [details]

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., 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]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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