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WoRMS taxon details

Holtbyrnia Parr, 1937

AphiaID

125901 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125901)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Platytroctidae Koefoed, 1927

Synonymised names

Paraholtbyrnia Krefft, 1967 · unaccepted

Direct children (15)

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Species Holtbyrnia anomala Krefft, 1980
Species Holtbyrnia conocephala Sazonov, 1976
Species Holtbyrnia cyanocephala (Krefft, 1967)
Species Holtbyrnia innesi (Fowler, 1934)
Species Holtbyrnia intermedia (Sazonov, 1976)
Species Holtbyrnia laticauda Sazonov, 1976
Species Holtbyrnia latifrons Sazonov, 1976
Species Holtbyrnia macrops Maul, 1957
Species Holtbyrnia melanocephala (Vaillant, 1888)
Species Holtbyrnia ophiocephala Sazonov & Golovan, 1976
Species Holtbyrnia kulikovi Sazonov, 1976 accepted as Holtbyrnia innesi (Fowler, 1934) (synonym)
Species Holtbyrnia rostrata (Günther, 1878) accepted as Mentodus rostratus (Günther, 1878)
Species Holtbyrnia rostratus (Günther, 1878) accepted as Mentodus rostratus (Günther, 1878)
Species Holtbyrnia schankenbecki accepted as Sagamichthys schnakenbecki (Krefft, 1953) (spelling mistake)
Species Holtbyrnia schnakenbecki (Krefft, 1953) accepted as Sagamichthys schnakenbecki (Krefft, 1953)

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Holtbyrnia Parr, 1937. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125901 on 2025-05-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2006-09-13 06:47:38Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-03-11 12:13:38Z

checked

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Paraholtbyrnia Krefft, 1967) Krefft, G. (1967). Paraholtbyrnia cyanocephala gen. nov., spec. nov. (Pisces, Salmoniformes, Alepocephaloidei), ein neuer Searside aus dem tropischen Atlantik. Archiv für Fischereiwissenschaft. v. 18 (no. 1): 1-11. [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]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Other

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]

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]

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554. [details]