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Anacanthus Gray, 1830

AphiaID

268301 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:268301)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Monacanthidae Nardo, 1843

Synonymised names

Psilocephalus Swainson, 1839 · unaccepted

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Species Anacanthus barbatus Gray, 1830
Species Anacanthus africanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) accepted as Urogymnus asperrimus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Environment

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

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1830). Illustrations of Indian Zoology; Chiefly Selected from the Collection of Major-General Hardwicke, F. R. S. Volume 1. Part 3. London: Treuttel, Wurtz, Treuttel, Jun. and Richter. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.95127 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Anacanthus Gray, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=268301 on 2026-02-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 10:18:16Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Gray, J.E. (1830). Illustrations of Indian Zoology; Chiefly Selected from the Collection of Major-General Hardwicke, F. R. S. Volume 1. Part 3. London: Treuttel, Wurtz, Treuttel, Jun. and Richter. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.95127 [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]