IRMNG - Brachirus Swainson, 1839

IRMNG taxon details

Brachirus Swainson, 1839

IRMNG_ID

1340036 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1340036)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Soleidae Bonaparte, 1833

Synonymised names

Anisochirus Günther, 1862 · unaccepted

Chabanaudetta Whitley, 1931 · unaccepted

Euryglossa Kaup, 1858 · unaccepted (synonym)

Heterobuglossus Chabanaud, 1931 · unaccepted

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Species Brachirus aenea (Smith, 1931)
Species Brachirus annularis Fowler, 1934
Species Brachirus aspilos (Bleeker, 1852)
Species Brachirus breviceps Ogilby, 1910
Species Brachirus dicholepis (Peters, 1877)
Species Brachirus elongatus (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1940)
Species Brachirus fitzroiensis (De Vis, 1882)
Species Brachirus harmandi (Sauvage, 1878)
Species Brachirus heterolepis (Bleeker, 1856)
Species Brachirus macrolepis (Bleeker, 1858)
Species Brachirus muelleri (Steindachner, 1879)
Species Brachirus niger (Macleay, 1880)
Species Brachirus orientalis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Brachirus pan (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Brachirus panoides (Bleeker, 1851)
Species Brachirus satanus
Species Brachirus setifer (Paradice, 1927)
Species Brachirus siamensis (Sauvage, 1878)
Species Brachirus sorsogonensis (Evermann & Seale, 1907)
Species Brachirus swinhonis (Steindachner, 1867)
Species Brachirus bellus Jordan & Hubbs, 1925 accepted as Dendrochirus bellus (Jordan & Hubbs, 1925)
Species Brachirus megalepidoura Fowler, 1934 accepted as Synaptura megalepidoura (Fowler, 1934)
Species Brachirus nigra (Macleay, 1880) accepted as Synaptura nigra Macleay, 1880
Species Brachirus salinarum Ogilby, 1910 accepted as Synaptura salinarum (Ogilby, 1910)
Species Brachirus selheimi (Macleay, 1882) accepted as Synaptura selheimi Macleay, 1882

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

The Natural History and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. Spottiswoode & Co., London
page(s): 187 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark As Solea (Brachirus). Cf. Brachirus Swainson, 1838 (Scorpaenidae), latter currently a syn. of Dendrochirus, refer...

Taxonomic remark As Solea (Brachirus). Cf. Brachirus Swainson, 1838 (Scorpaenidae), latter currently a syn. of Dendrochirus, refer Eschmeyer. Regarded as preoccupied by Brachirus Swainson, replaced by Synaptura Cantor 1849; but see Kottelat 1998. (refer Eschmeyer). [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Brachirus Swainson, 1839. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1340036 on 2025-01-21

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

changed

db_admin

2017-11-22 13:18:58Z

changed

Decock, Wim

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original description The Natural History and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. Spottiswoode & Co., London
page(s): 187 [details]

basis of record SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details]

basis of record Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2011 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [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 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2011 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [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 Euryglossa Kaup, 1858) Arch. Naturgesch., 24, Abt. 1
page(s): 99 [details]

original description (of Heterobuglossus Chabanaud, 1931) Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 56
page(s): 293 [details]

original description (of Chabanaudetta Whitley, 1931) Australian Zool., 6
page(s): 322 [details]

original description (of Anisochirus Günther, 1862) Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 4
page(s): 480 [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater + Brackish + Marine. FishBase flag: Mixed Marine + Freshwater. [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

Type species as cited Pleuronectes orientalis Bloch & Schneider 1801 [details]

To WoRMS (from synonym Euryglossa Kaup, 1858)
To WoRMS