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WoRMS taxon details

Kurtus Bloch, 1786

AphiaID

269581 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:269581)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Kurtidae Bleeker, 1859

Direct children (3)

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Species Kurtus gulliveri Castelnau, 1878
Species Kurtus indicus Bloch, 1786
Species Kurtus argenteus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Pempheris compressa (White, 1790) (synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Bloch, M. E. (1786). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. Berlin. v. 2: i-viii + 1-160, Pls. 145-180. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Kurtus Bloch, 1786. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=269581 on 2025-03-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 10:18:16Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Bloch, M. E. (1786). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. Berlin. v. 2: i-viii + 1-160, Pls. 145-180. [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]