Marine Species Traits - Parascolopsis Boulenger, 1901

WoRMS taxon details

Parascolopsis Boulenger, 1901

AphiaID

204839 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204839)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Parascolopsis townsendi Boulenger, 1901

Parent

Nemipteridae Regan, 1913

Direct children (17)

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Species Parascolopsis akatamae Miyamoto, McMahan & Kaneko, 2020
Species Parascolopsis aspinosa (Rao & Rao, 1981)
Species Parascolopsis baranesi Russell & Golani, 1993
Species Parascolopsis boesemani (Rao & Rao, 1981)
Species Parascolopsis capitinis Russell, 1996
Species Parascolopsis eriomma (Jordan & Richardson, 1909)
Species Parascolopsis inermis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)
Species Parascolopsis melanophrys Russell & Chin, 1996
Species Parascolopsis qantasi Russell & Gloerfelt-Tarp, 1984
Species Parascolopsis rufomaculata Russell, 1986
Species Parascolopsis tanyactis Russell, 1986
Species Parascolopsis tosensis (Kamohara, 1938)
Species Parascolopsis townsendi Boulenger, 1901
Species Parascolopsis arioma (Jordan & Richardson, 1909) accepted as Parascolopsis eriomma (Jordan & Richardson, 1909) (misspelling)
Species Parascolopsis boesmani (Rao & Rao, 1981) accepted as Parascolopsis boesemani (Rao & Rao, 1981) (misspelling)
Species Parascolopsis jonesi Talwar, 1986 accepted as Parascolopsis aspinosa (Rao & Rao, 1981)
Species Parascolopsis rufomaculatus Russell, 1986 accepted as Parascolopsis rufomaculata Russell, 1986

Environment

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

Original description

Boulenger, G. A. (1901). On some deep-sea fishes collected by Mr. F. W. Townsend in the sea of Oman. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7). v. 7 (no. 39) (art. 32): 261-263, Pl. 6. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Parascolopsis Boulenger, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204839 on 2024-11-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-04 18:48:45Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-26 06:56:50Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-03-11 14:35:28Z

checked

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Boulenger, G. A. (1901). On some deep-sea fishes collected by Mr. F. W. Townsend in the sea of Oman. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7). v. 7 (no. 39) (art. 32): 261-263, Pl. 6. [details]

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

basis of record Baranes, A & D. Golani (1993). An annotated list of deep-sea fishes collected in the northern Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba [details]

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]