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WoRMS taxon details

Coryphaena Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

125960 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125960)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758

Parent

Coryphaenidae Rafinesque, 1815

Synonymised names

Caranxomorus Lacepède, 1801 · unaccepted

Coriphaena · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Corypaena · unaccepted (misspelling)

Lampugus Valenciennes, 1833 · unaccepted

Lepimphis Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted

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Species Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena argyrurus Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena aurata Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena azorica Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena branchiostega Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Branchiostegus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782)
Species Coryphaena chrysurus Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena coerulea Edwards, 1771 accepted as Scarus coeruleus (Edwards, 1771)
Species Coryphaena coerulea Bloch, 1786 accepted as Scarus coeruleus (Edwards, 1771)
Species Coryphaena dolfyn Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena dorado Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena elegans Cuvier, 1833 accepted as Luvarus imperialis Rafinesque, 1810
Species Coryphaena equisetis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
Species Coryphaena equisetis Osbeck, 1765 accepted as Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena fasciolata Pallas, 1770 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena hipporus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
Species Coryphaena hyppurus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
Species Coryphaena immaculata Agassiz, 1831 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena imperialis Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena japonica Houttuyn, 1782 accepted as Branchiostegus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782)
Species Coryphaena lessonii Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena lineata Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Coryphaena lineolata Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Coryphaena lutea Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Nemipterus japonicus (Bloch, 1791)
Species Coryphaena margravii Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena nortoniana Lowe, 1839 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena novacula Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Coryphaena pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Iniistius pentadactylus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Coryphaena perciformis Mitchill, 1818 accepted as Hyperoglyphe perciformis (Mitchill, 1818)
Species Coryphaena plumieri Bloch, 1786 accepted as Malacanthus plumieri (Bloch, 1786)
Species Coryphaena pompilus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Centrolophus niger (Gmelin, 1789)
Species Coryphaena psittacus Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Coryphaena rupestris (Gunnerus, 1765) accepted as Coryphaenoides rupestris Gunnerus, 1765
Species Coryphaena scomberoides Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena scomberoïdes Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Coryphaena sinensis Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Branchiostegus argentatus (Cuvier, 1830)
Species Coryphaena suerii Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena velifera Pallas, 1770 accepted as Pteraclis velifera (Pallas, 1770)
Species Coryphaena virgata Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Coryphaena vlamingii Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

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

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Coryphaena Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125960 on 2024-04-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2013-02-26 10:10:34Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Lepimphis Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy. pp. 105, 20 fold. Pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964 [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 van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Skene, R. (1917). Game fish in Tanaland. JEANHS 6(2): 152-157. [details]