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Coryphaena Linnaeus, 1758

1309392 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1309392)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Actinopterygii (Class)
  6. Perciformes (Order)
  7. Coryphaenidae (Family)
  8. Coryphaena (Genus)
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Genus
Coryphaenidae Rafinesque, 1815

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  1. Species Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus, 1758
  2. Species Coryphaena haletus
  3. Species Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
  4. Species Coryphaena argyrurus Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
  5. Species Coryphaena aurata Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus, 1758
  6. Species Coryphaena azorica Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus, 1758
  7. Species Coryphaena branchiostega Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Branchiostegus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782)
  8. Species Coryphaena chrysurus Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
  9. Species Coryphaena coerulea Bloch, 1786 accepted as Scarus coeruleus (Bloch, 1786)
  10. Species Coryphaena coerulea Edwards, 1771 accepted as Scarus coeruleus (Edwards, 1771)
  11. Species Coryphaena dolfyn Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
  12. Species Coryphaena dorado Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
  13. Species Coryphaena elegans Risso, 1814 accepted as Luvarus imperialis Rafinesque, 1810
  14. Species Coryphaena elegans Cuvier, 1833 accepted as Luvarus imperialis Rafinesque, 1810
  15. Species Coryphaena equisetis Osbeck, 1765 accepted as Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus, 1758
  16. Species Coryphaena equisetis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus, 1758
  17. Species Coryphaena fasciolata Pallas, 1770 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
  18. Species Coryphaena hipporus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
  19. Species Coryphaena hyppurus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
  20. Species Coryphaena immaculata Agassiz, 1831 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
  21. Species Coryphaena imperialis Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
  22. Species Coryphaena japonica Houttuyn, 1782 accepted as Branchiostegus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782)
  23. Species Coryphaena japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
  24. Species Coryphaena lessonii Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus, 1758
  25. Species Coryphaena lineata Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus, 1758)
  26. Species Coryphaena lineolata Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus, 1758)
  27. Species Coryphaena lutea Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Nemipterus japonicus (Bloch, 1791)
  28. Species Coryphaena margravii Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
  29. Species Coryphaena nortoniana Lowe, 1839 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
  30. Species Coryphaena novacula Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus, 1758)
  31. Species Coryphaena pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Xyrichtys pentadactylus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  32. Species Coryphaena perciformis Mitchill, 1818 accepted as Hyperoglyphe perciformis (Mitchill, 1818)
  33. Species Coryphaena plumieri Bloch, 1786 accepted as Malacanthus plumieri (Bloch, 1786)
  34. Species Coryphaena pompilus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Centrolophus niger (Gmelin, 1789)
  35. Species Coryphaena psittacus Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus, 1758)
  36. Species Coryphaena rupestris (Gunnerus, 1765) accepted as Coryphaenoides rupestris Gunnerus, 1765
  37. Species Coryphaena scomberoides Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
  38. Species Coryphaena sinensis Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Branchiostegus argentatus (Cuvier, 1830)
  39. Species Coryphaena suerii Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
  40. Species Coryphaena velifera Pallas, 1770 accepted as Pteraclis velifera (Pallas, 1770)
  41. Species Coryphaena virgata Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
  42. Species Coryphaena vlamingii Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 261 [details] 
Taxonomic remark On Official List (Opinion 77); Coryhaena Stiles 1922 placed on Official Index as an incorrect subsequent spelling. Spelled...  
Taxonomic remark On Official List (Opinion 77); Coryhaena Stiles 1922 placed on Official Index as an incorrect subsequent spelling. Spelled Coriphaena by Cetti 1777 [ref, 18872]. Spelled Coryphena by Bonnaterre 1788liii. Spelled Coriphena by Cabrera et al. 1817, see Graells 1887. (Eschmeyer). [details]
IRMNG (2026). Coryphaena Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1309392 on 2026-09-09
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2006-09-20 22:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2016-11-22 11:10:04Z
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db_admin
2017-11-22 13:18:58Z
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Decock, Wim

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 261 [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] 

basis of record SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [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] 

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 Coryphena Rafinesque, 1810) Car. n. Gen., 33
page(s): 103 [details] 

original description (of Caranxomorus Lacepède, 1801) H. N. Poiss., 3
page(s): 82 [details] 

original description (of Coryphus Commerson in Lacepède, 1801) H. N. Poiss., 3
page(s): 186 [details] 

original description (of Lampugus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833) H. N. Poiss., 9
page(s): 317 [details] 

original description (of Coryphaea Swainson, 1838) Hist. Class. Fish., 1
page(s): 76 [details] 

original description (of Sarda Gronow in Gray, 1854) in Gronow, Cat. Fish Brit. Mus.
page(s): 119 [details] 

original description (of Coriphaena Müller in Linnaeus, 1776) in Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Suppl.
page(s): 203 [details] 

original description (of Ectenias Jordan & Thompson, 1914) Jordan, D.S. & Thompson, W.F. (1914). Record of the fishes obtained in Japan in 1911. <em>Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum.</em> 6(4): 205-313., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.43189
page(s): 241 [details] 

original description (of Algoa Castelnau, 1861) Mém. Poissons Afr. australe, 7
page(s): 69 [details] 

original description (of Lepimphis Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C.S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia : con varie osservazioni sopra i medesimi. Sanfilippo. Palermo. 105 p., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.104418
page(s): 33 [details] 

original description (of Coryphoena Cuvier, 1798) Tabl. élém.
page(s): 355 [details] 
Unreviewed
Descriptive info From FishBase: Brackish + Marine. FishBase flag: All Marine. [details]

Nomenclatural status available [details]

Taxonomic remark On Official List (Opinion 77); Coryhaena Stiles 1922 placed on Official Index as an incorrect subsequent spelling. Spelled Coriphaena by Cetti 1777 [ref, 18872]. Spelled Coryphena by Bonnaterre 1788liii. Spelled Coriphena by Cabrera et al. 1817, see Graells 1887. (Eschmeyer). [details]

Type species as cited Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758 [details]
To BioNames database (from synonym Ectenias Jordan & Thompson, 1914)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Ectenias Jordan & Thompson, 1914)
To WoRMS (from synonym Sarda Gronow in Gray, 1854)
To WoRMS (from synonym Corypaena)
To WoRMS (from synonym Caranxomorus Lacepède, 1801)
To WoRMS (from synonym Lepimphis Rafinesque, 1810)
To WoRMS (from synonym Lampugus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833)
To WoRMS 
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