IRMNG - Bengala Gray, 1834

IRMNG taxon details

Bengala Gray, 1834

IRMNG_ID

1278142 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1278142)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Cyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815

Synonymised names

Bengana Gray, 1834 · unaccepted (misspelling)

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Species Bengala elanga (Hamilton, 1822) accepted as Megarasbora elanga (Hamilton, 1822)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Ill. Indian Zool., 2, (pl. 96) (as Bengana; also as Bengala). [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Authority given in Nomen. Zool. as Gray, 1832-35, 1834 in Eschmeyer. "See Bengana" (Nomen. Zool.). Also misspelled Bengana...

Taxonomic remark Authority given in Nomen. Zool. as Gray, 1832-35, 1834 in Eschmeyer. "See Bengana" (Nomen. Zool.). Also misspelled Bengana in the text, however not the same taxon as Bengana Gray, 1835 (subgenus of Cyprinus), contrary to Eschmeyer & Bailey ("Genera" 1990), refer Eschmeyer. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Bengala Gray, 1834. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1278142 on 2025-01-14

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 08:30:58Z

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original description Ill. Indian Zool., 2, (pl. 96) (as Bengana; also as Bengala). [details]

basis of record SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details]

basis of record Nomenclator Zoologicus (auth. adjusted as per Eschmeyer) [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 Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).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 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 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Unreviewed

Type species as cited Cyprinus elanga Hamilton 1822 [details]

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