IRMNG - Promethichthys Gill, 1893

IRMNG taxon details

Promethichthys Gill, 1893

IRMNG_ID

1200264 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1200264)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Gempylidae Gill, 1862

Synonymised names

Dicrotus Günther, 1860 · unaccepted

Macrorhyncus Lacepède in Duméril, 1806 · unaccepted

Prometheus Capello, 1867 · unaccepted

Prometheus Lowe, 1838 · unaccepted

Promethychthis · unaccepted (misspelling)

Promethycthus · unaccepted (misspelling)

Prometichthys · unaccepted (misspelling)

Ptax Jordan & Evermann, 1927 · unaccepted

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Species Promethichthys prometheus (Cuvier, 1832)
Species Promethichthys pacificus Seale, 1906 accepted as Promethichthys prometheus (Cuvier, 1832)
Species Promethichthys solandri Jordan, Evermann & Tanaka, 1927 accepted as Promethichthys prometheus (Cuvier, 1832)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Mem. Nat. Acad. Sci. Washington, 6
page(s): 123 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark n.n. pro Prometheus Lowe 1839 (Nomen. Zool.). Replacement for Prometheus Lowe 1841, preoccupied by Prometheus Hübner 1824....

Taxonomic remark n.n. pro Prometheus Lowe 1839 (Nomen. Zool.). Replacement for Prometheus Lowe 1841, preoccupied by Prometheus Hübner 1824. Spelled Prometheichthys by Jordan, Tanaka & Snyder 1913. (Eschmeyer). [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Promethichthys Gill, 1893. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1200264 on 2024-11-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

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Rees, Tony

2016-11-22 11:10:04Z

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db_admin

2017-11-22 13:18:58Z

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Decock, Wim

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original description Mem. Nat. Acad. Sci. Washington, 6
page(s): 123 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

verified source for family Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details]

habitat flag source FishBase [details]

original description (of Ptax Jordan & Evermann, 1927) Jordan, D.S. & Evermann, B.W. (1927). New genera and species of North American Fishes. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4.</em> 16(15): 501-507., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3174959
page(s): 504 [details]

original description (of Dicrotus Günther, 1860) Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 2, 342
page(s): 349 [details]

original description (of Prometheus Capello, 1867) J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. Lisbon, 1
page(s): 260 [details]

original description (of Prometheus Lowe, 1838) Trans. Zool. Soc. London, 2 (3)
page(s): 181 [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info From FishBase: Marine. FishBase flag: All Marine. [details]

Type species as cited Prometheus atlanticus Lowe 1838 (= Gempylus prometheus Cuvier 1831) [details]

To BioNames database
To ION (Index to Organism Names)
To WoRMS (from synonym Dicrotus Günther, 1860)
To WoRMS (from synonym Prometheus Lowe, 1838)
To WoRMS (from synonym Prometichthys)
To WoRMS (from synonym Promethychthis)
To WoRMS (from synonym Promethycthus)
To WoRMS