World Register of Deep-Sea species

Deep-Sea name details

Serpa Whitley, 1933

AphiaID

297800 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:297800)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Latinisation of Serpe of Risso (1810) and Cloquet (1829))

Accepted name

Lampanyctus Bonaparte, 1840

Rank

Genus

Parent

Lampanyctinae Paxton, 1972

Original name

Serpa Whitley, 1933

Direct children (4)

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Species Serpa bensoni Fowler, 1934 accepted as Lampanyctus festivus Tåning, 1928
Species Serpa blacki Fowler, 1934 accepted as Bolinichthys pyrsobolus (Alcock, 1890)
Species Serpa hoffmanni Fowler, 1934 accepted as Notoscopelus resplendens (Richardson, 1845) (synonym)
Species Serpa turneri Fowler, 1934 accepted as Lampanyctus turneri (Fowler, 1934)

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Serpa Whitley, 1933. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=297800 on 2025-12-05

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Serpa Whitley, 1933. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=297800 on 2025-12-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-02-21 16:46:40Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2015-04-30 06:26:10Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2025-12-05 16:32:27Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

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Sources (1)

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