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WoRMS taxon details

Pterois Oken, 1817

AphiaID

204051 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204051)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)

Parent

Pteroinae Kaup, 1873

Synonymised names

Pseudomonopterus Bleeker, 1863 · unaccepted

Pterios · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Pterois (Pteropterus) Swainson, 1839 · unaccepted (synonym)

Pteropterus Swainson, 1839 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Pterois andover Allen & Erdmann, 2008
Species Pterois antennata (Bloch, 1787)
Species Pterois brevipectoralis (Mandrytsa, 2002)
Species Pterois cincta Rüppell, 1838
Species Pterois lunulata Temminck & Schlegel, 1843
Species Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828)
Species Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957)
Species Pterois paucispinula Matsunuma & Motomura, 2015
Species Pterois radiata Cuvier, 1829
Species Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831
Species Pterois sphex Jordan & Evermann, 1903
Species Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subgenus Pterois (Pteropterus) Swainson, 1839 accepted as Pterois Oken, 1817 (synonym)
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 geniserra Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831 (synonym)
Species Pterois heterurus Bleeker, 1856 accepted as Parapterois heterura (Bleeker, 1856)
Species Pterois kodipungi Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831 (synonym)
Species Pterois macrura Alcock, 1896 accepted as Parapterois macrura (Alcock, 1896)
Species Pterois mambassae (Smith, 1957) accepted as Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957) (misspelling)
Species Pterois mombassae (Smith, 1957) accepted as Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957) (misspelling)
Species Pterois muricata Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828)
Species Pterois nigripinnis Gilchrist, 1904 accepted as Parapterois heterura (Bleeker, 1856)
Species Pterois russeli Bennett, 1831 accepted as Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831 (misspelling)
Species Pterois russelli Bennett, 1831 accepted as Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831 (misspelling)
Species Pterois russellii Bennett, 1831 accepted as Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831 (misspelling)
Species Pterois vittata Sauvage, 1878 accepted as Pterois radiata Cuvier, 1829
Species Pterois zebra Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Dendrochirus zebra (Cuvier, 1829)

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Pterois Oken, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204051 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-28 06:51:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-03-11 14:35:28Z

checked

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-12-02 12:48:54Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]