African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Porogadus Goode & Bean, 1885

AfReMaS taxon details

Porogadus Goode & Bean, 1885

AphiaID

158774 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158774)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Neobythitinae Radcliffe, 1913

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Species Porogadus miles Goode & Bean, 1885
Species Porogadus melampeplus (Alcock, 1896) accepted as Tenuicephalus melampeplus (Alcock, 1896) accepted as Tenuicephalichthys melampeplus (Alcock, 1896)

Environment

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

Original description

Goode, G. B. ; Bean, T. H. (1885). Descriptions of new fishes obtained by the United States Fish Commission mainly from deep water off the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. v. 8 (no. 543): 589-605., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.8-543.589 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Porogadus Goode & Bean, 1885. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158774 on 2026-07-03

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Porogadus Goode & Bean, 1885. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158774 on 2026-07-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-27 07:39:43Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2008-04-07 06:51:33Z

changed

Decock, Wim

2013-03-11 14:35:28Z

checked

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Goode, G. B. ; Bean, T. H. (1885). Descriptions of new fishes obtained by the United States Fish Commission mainly from deep water off the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. v. 8 (no. 543): 589-605., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.8-543.589 [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]

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

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Introduced: alien

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