Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Brachionichthys politus (Richardson, 1844)

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RAS name details

Brachionichthys politus (Richardson, 1844)

AphiaID

279955 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279955)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted name

Sympterichthys politus (Richardson, 1844)

Rank

Species

Parent

Brachionichthys Bleeker, 1855

Original name

Cheironectes politus Richardson, 1844

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) Richardson, J. (1844). Description of Australian Fish. (Part 2). <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> v. 3 (art. 5, pt. 2): 133-185, Pls. 7-11. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Brachionichthys politus (Richardson, 1844). Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2021) Register of Antarctic Species at: http://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279955 on 2026-10-04

Regional species database citation

RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Brachionichthys politus (Richardson, 1844). Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279955 on 2026-10-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2009-06-15 15:21:11Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2013-01-08 14:50:09Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Sources (3)
Links (2)

original description (of ) Richardson, J. (1844). Description of Australian Fish. (Part 2). <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> v. 3 (art. 5, pt. 2): 133-185, Pls. 7-11. [details]

context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

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