IRMNG - Pterocephalus Swainson, 1838

IRMNG name details

Pterocephalus Swainson, 1838

IRMNG_ID

1301051 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1301051)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Mobula Rafinesque, 1810

Rank

Genus

Parent

Myliobatidae Bonaparte, 1835

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

N. H. Fishes, etc., 1, 170
page(s): 174 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark n.n. pro Cephaloptera Duméril [i.e. -terus Risso 1810] (Nomen. Zool.). Dates to Swainson 1838, 174, with P. massena...

Taxonomic remark n.n. pro Cephaloptera Duméril [i.e. -terus Risso 1810] (Nomen. Zool.). Dates to Swainson 1838, 174, with P. massena Swainson mentioned (= Cephalopterus massena Risso 1810) but technically a replacement name for Cephalopterus (see footnote p. 174). Spelled Pterocephala by Swainson 1839. (Eschmeyer). [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Pterocephalus Swainson, 1838. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1301051 on 2025-01-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-04-13 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

[taxonomic tree]

Sources (7)
Notes (3)

original description N. H. Fishes, etc., 1, 170
page(s): 174 [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 Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).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 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]

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 Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).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

habitat flag source as per family [details]

Unreviewed

Subfamily Mobulinae [details]

Type species as cited Raja giorna Lacepède 1803 [details]