Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Scatophagus Cuvier, 1831

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Scatophagus Cuvier, 1831

AphiaID

204065 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204065)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Scatophagidae Gill, 1883

Synonymised names

Cacodoxus Cantor, 1849 · unaccepted

Direct children (11)

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Species Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Scatophagus tetracanthus (Lacepède, 1802)
Species Scatophagus aetatevarians De Vis, 1884 accepted as Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Scatophagus bougainvillii Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Scatophagus fasciatus Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Scatophagus tetracanthus (Lacepède, 1802)
Species Scatophagus maculatus (Gronow, 1854) accepted as Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Scatophagus multifasciatus Richardson, 1846 accepted as Selenotoca multifasciata (Richardson, 1846)
Species Scatophagus ornatus Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Scatophagus purpurascens Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Scatophagus quadranus De Vis, 1882 accepted as Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Scatophagus quadratus De Vis, 1882 accepted as Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1831). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome septième. Livre septième. Des Squamipennes. Livre huitième. Des poissons à pharyngiens labyrinthiformes. F. G. Levrault, Paris. v. 7: i-xxix + 1-531, Pls. 170-208. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-440, Valenciennes 441-531. i-xxii + 1-399 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Scatophagus Cuvier, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204065 on 2025-04-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2013-03-11 14:35:28Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1831). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome septième. Livre septième. Des Squamipennes. Livre huitième. Des poissons à pharyngiens labyrinthiformes. F. G. Levrault, Paris. v. 7: i-xxix + 1-531, Pls. 170-208. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-440, Valenciennes 441-531. i-xxii + 1-399 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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Language	Name
Japanese	クロホシマンジュウダイ属	[details]

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