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Echiostoma Lowe, 1843

AphiaID

126207 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126207)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Melanostomiinae Parr, 1927

Original name

Echiostoma Lowe, 1843

Synonymised names

Echiostomias Lowe, 1843 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Hyperchoristus Gill, 1883 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Echiostoma barbatum Lowe, 1843
Species Echiostoma calliobarba Parr, 1934 accepted as Echiostoma barbatum Lowe, 1843
Species Echiostoma ctenobarba Parr, 1927 accepted as Echiostoma barbatum Lowe, 1843
Species Echiostoma guentheri Regan & Trewavas, 1930 accepted as Echiostoma barbatum Lowe, 1843
Species Echiostoma margarita Goode & Bean, 1896 accepted as Photonectes margarita (Goode & Bean, 1896)
Species Echiostoma margaritum (Goode & Bean, 1896) accepted as Photonectes margarita (Goode & Bean, 1896)
Species Echiostoma micripnus Günther, 1878 accepted as Opostomias micripnus (Günther, 1878)
Species Echiostoma microdon Günther, 1878 accepted as Pachystomias microdon (Günther, 1878)
Species Echiostoma richardi Zugmayer, 1913 accepted as Photonectes margarita (Goode & Bean, 1896)
Species Echiostoma tanneri (Gill, 1883) accepted as Echiostoma barbatum Lowe, 1843

Environment

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

Original description

Lowe, R.T. (1843). Notices of fishes newly observed or discovered in Madeira during the years 1840, 1841, and 1842. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. (pt 11): 81-95. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Echiostoma Lowe, 1843. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126207 on 2025-12-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2006-09-11 06:44:08Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2025-11-23 17:56:21Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Lowe, R.T. (1843). Notices of fishes newly observed or discovered in Madeira during the years 1840, 1841, and 1842. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. (pt 11): 81-95. [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

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