IRMNG name details
original description
Edwards, M. (1771). Appendix to Catesby, 1771: The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands; containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents ... with their descriptions in English and French, etc. 3rd. ed. 2 vols. London. [details]
basis of record
Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [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
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]
habitat flag source
as per family [details]
Unreviewed
Taxonomic remark Name first published by Catesby, 1771 in a rejected work ("The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands"), however the name as appearing in M. Edwards' appendix to this work is available according to Eschmeyer; currently considered a nomen oblitum in the synonymy of Platydoras Bleeker, 1862. [details]
Type species as cited Silurus cataphractus Linnaeus 1758 [details]
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