IRMNG - Aracana Gray, 1838

IRMNG taxon details

Aracana Gray, 1838

IRMNG_ID

1401209 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1401209)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Aracanidae Hollard, 1860

Synonymised names

Acarana Gray, 1833 · unaccepted

Acerana Gray, 1833 · unaccepted

Acerana Kaup, 1855 · unaccepted

Aracama Kaup, 1855 · unaccepted

Platycanthus Swainson, 1839 · unaccepted

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Species Aracana amoena Castelnau, 1871
Species Aracana aurita (Shaw, 1798)
Species Aracana kershawi Chapman & Stephens
Species Aracana ornata (Gray, 1838)
Species Aracana spilogaster
Species Aracana flavofasciata Kamohara, 1938 accepted as Kentrocapros flavofasciatus (Kamohara, 1938)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Ann. Nat. Hist., 1 (2)
page(s): 110 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Cf. Acarana Gray 1833. (Nomen. Zool.). (as subgenus of Ostracion). Dates to Gray 1833 as Acarana. Cited spelling is...

Taxonomic remark Cf. Acarana Gray 1833. (Nomen. Zool.). (as subgenus of Ostracion). Dates to Gray 1833 as Acarana. Cited spelling is apparently an incorrect subsequent spelling of Acarana and not a new genus name but it is in current usage. (Eschmeyer). [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Aracana Gray, 1838. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1401209 on 2025-03-24

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 Ann. Nat. Hist., 1 (2)
page(s): 110 [details]

basis of record SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [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 Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).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]

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 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 WoRMS (Mar 2013) [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 Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363, 1-560. [details]

habitat flag source as per included species [details]

original description (of Platycanthus Swainson, 1839) N. H. Fishes, etc., 2, 194
page(s): 324 [details]

original description (of Acerana Gray, 1833) Ill. Indian Zool., 2, pl. 98 (as Acarana; also as Acerana). [details]

original description (of Aracama Kaup, 1855) Arch. Naturgesch., 21 (1)
page(s): 220 [details]

original description (of Acarana Gray, 1833) Ill. Indian Zool., 2, pl. 98 (also as Acerana). [details]

Unreviewed

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

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

To WoRMS
To WoRMS (from synonym Acarana Gray, 1833)
To WoRMS (from synonym Acerana Kaup, 1855)