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Porichthys
Girard, 1854
- singing fish
(fish)
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Entity:
Porichthyinae (Subfamily)
..Aphos (Genus)
..Porichthys (Genus) - singing fish
....Porichthys analis (Species) - darkedge midshipman
....Porichthys bathoiketes (Species)
....Porichthys ephippiatus (Species) - saddle midshipman
....Porichthys greenei (Species) - Greene's midshipman
....Porichthys kymosemeum (Species)
....Porichthys margaritatus (Species) - daisy midshipman
....Porichthys mimeticus (Species) - mimetic midshipman
....Porichthys myriaster (Species) - specklefin midshipman
....Porichthys notatus (Species) - plainfin midshipman
....Porichthys oculellus (Species) - smalleye midshipman
....Porichthys oculofrenum (Species)
....Porichthys pauciradiatus (Species)
....Porichthys plectrodon (Species) - Atlantic midshipman
....Porichthys porosissimus (Species)
Authorship
Original name
:
Girard, 1854. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 7, 141.
Types
Type of
:
Porichthyinae
(Subfamily)
Miranda Ribeiro, 1915
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 249; [<2 Feb 2024].
[inferred]
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
bootsmanvissen
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
singing fish
Ref:
T.I. Storer et al., 1979
: 684.
:
midshipman
Ref:
T.I. Storer et al., 1979
: 684.
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