Ateleopus japonicus

Ateleopus japonicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ateleopodiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Ateleopodia Ordo: Ateleopodiformes

Familia: Ateleopodidae
Genus: Ateleopus

Species: Ateleopus japonicus

Name

Ateleopus japonicus Bleeker, 1853

Type locality: Nagasaki, Japan

No types known

Synonyms

• Atelopus japonicus (misspelling) Bleeker, 1853
• Ateleopus schlegelii van der Hoeven, 1855
• Ateleopus purpureus Tanaka, 1915
• Ateleopus tanabensis Tanaka, 1918

References

• Bleeker, P. 1853: Nalezingen op de ichthyologie van Japan. Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. 25: 1–56, 1 pl.
• Kaga, T. 2017. Redescription of Ateleopus japonicus Bleeker 1853, a senior synonym of Ateleopus natalensis Regan 1921 (Teleostei: Ateleopodiformes: Ateleopodidae). Zootaxa 4238(4): 583–596. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4238.4.6. Reference page. 
• Kaga, T., Oijen, M.J.P. van, Kubo, Y. & Kitagawa, E., 2015: Redescription of Ateleopus japonicus Bleeker 1853, a senior synonym of Ateleopus schlegelii van der Hoeven 1855, Ateleopus purpureus Tanaka 1915, and Ateleopus tanabensis Tanaka 1918 with designation of a lectotype for A. japonicus and A. schlegelii (Ateleopodiformes: Ateleopodidae). Zootaxa 4027(3): 389–407. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4027.3.4. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

Links

• Ateleopus japonicus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Ateleopus japonicus in the World Register of Marine Species
• Ateleopus japonicus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Ateleopus japonicus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

English: Pacific jellynose fish

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