IRMNG - Lepidosiren Fitzinger, 1837

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Lepidosiren Fitzinger, 1837

IRMNG_ID

1202272 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1202272)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Lepidosirenidae Bonaparte, 1841

Synonymised names

Amphibichthys Hogg, 1841 · unaccepted

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Species Lepidosiren paradoxa Fitzinger, 1837
Species Lepidosiren annectens Owen, 1839 accepted as Protopterus annectens (Owen, 1839)
Species Lepidosiren arnaudii Castelnau, 1855 accepted as Protopterus aethiopicus Heckel, 1851
Species Lepidosiren articulata Ehlers, 1894 accepted as Lepidosiren paradoxa Fitzinger, 1837
Species Lepidosiren tobal Castelnau, 1855 accepted as Protopterus annectens (Owen, 1839)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Not. Nat.-Heilk., 50
page(s): 90 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Authority given in Nomen. Zool. as Fitzinger, 1836. Cf. Amphibichthys Hogg 1841. (Nomen. Zool.). Earliest description not...

Taxonomic remark Authority given in Nomen. Zool. as Fitzinger, 1836. Cf. Amphibichthys Hogg 1841. (Nomen. Zool.). Earliest description not determined; variously given as: Frorieps Notizen, vol. 1 (or p. 50 and 90); Wiegmann's Archiv. 1837; and perhaps the earliest: Natterer, Ann. Wierner Museums Natur. 1837, v. 2; or as given above. (Eschmeyer). [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2022). Lepidosiren Fitzinger, 1837. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1202272 on 2024-11-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2016-11-22 11:10:04Z

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original description Not. Nat.-Heilk., 50
page(s): 90 [details]

basis of record Nomenclator Zoologicus (auth. adjusted as per Eschmeyer) [details]

basis of record SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [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]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [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 Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).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 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details]

habitat flag source FishBase [details]

original description (of Amphibichthys Hogg, 1841) Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 7
page(s): 361 [details]

Unreviewed

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

Type species as cited Lepidosiren paradoxa Fitzinger 1837 [details]

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