MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Apletodon microcephalus (Brook, 1890)

WoRMS name details

Apletodon microcephalus (Brook, 1890)

AphiaID

272523 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272523)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Apletodon dentatus (Facciolà, 1887)

Rank

Species

Parent

Apletodon Briggs, 1955

Original name

Lepadogaster microcephalus Brook, 1890

Direct children (2)

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Subspecies Apletodon microcephalus bacescui (Murgoci, 1940) accepted as Apletodon bacescui (Murgoci, 1940)
Subspecies Apletodon microcephalus microcephalus (Brook, 1890) accepted as Apletodon dentatus (Facciolà, 1887)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Lepadogaster microcephalus Brook, 1890) Brook, G. (1890). Notes on the British species of Lepadogaster, and on the development of the vertical fins. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh. v. 10: 161-168, Pl. 7.
page(s): 166, Pl. 7 (figs. 1-4) [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Apletodon microcephalus (Brook, 1890). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272523 on 2025-04-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2010-10-15 12:49:20Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Lepadogaster microcephalus Brook, 1890) Brook, G. (1890). Notes on the British species of Lepadogaster, and on the development of the vertical fins. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh. v. 10: 161-168, Pl. 7.
page(s): 166, Pl. 7 (figs. 1-4) [details]

Other

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]