IRMNG - Litholepis Rafinesque, 1818

IRMNG name details

Litholepis Rafinesque, 1818

IRMNG_ID

1291157 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1291157)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Lepisosteus Lacepède, 1803

Rank

Genus

Parent

Lepisosteidae Bonaparte, 1835

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Species Litholepis adamantinus Rafinesque, 1818 accepted as Atractosteus spatula (Lacepède, 1803)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Amer. monthly Mag., 3 (6)
page(s): 447 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Regarded (e.g., by Jordan 1917) as based on a mythical gar, but original description is reasonably correct for Lepisosteus...

Taxonomic remark Regarded (e.g., by Jordan 1917) as based on a mythical gar, but original description is reasonably correct for Lepisosteus spatula (see Markle 1997). (Eschmeyer). [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Litholepis Rafinesque, 1818. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1291157 on 2025-03-22

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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original description Amer. monthly Mag., 3 (6)
page(s): 447 [details]

basis of record SN2000 unverified [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 Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).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]

source of synonymy WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

source of synonymy 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 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 Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).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]

extant flag source SN2000 unverified [details]

Unreviewed

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

Taxonomic remark Regarded (e.g., by Jordan 1917) as based on a mythical gar, but original description is reasonably correct for Lepisosteus spatula (see Markle 1997). (Eschmeyer). [details]

Type species as cited Litholepis adamantinus Rafinesque 1818 [details]

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