MarBEF Data System

WoRMS name details

Istiophorus americanus (Cuvier, 1832)

AphiaID

158811 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158811)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Istiophorus albicans (Latreille, 1804)

Rank

Species

Parent

Istiophorus Lacepède, 1801

Orig. name

Histiophorus americanus Cuvier, 1832

Environment

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

Original description

(of Histiophorus americanus Cuvier, 1832) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1832). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome huitième. Livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 8: i-xix + 5 pp. + 1-509, Pls. 209-245. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-470; Valenciennes 471-509. Date of 1831 on title page. i-xv + 1-375 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 303 [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution both sides of the Atlantic, from 30°N 30°S on western side.

Distribution both sides of the Atlantic, from 30°N 30°S on western side. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Istiophorus americanus (Cuvier, 1832). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158811 on 2024-05-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-27 07:39:43Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2008-02-28 13:41:07Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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

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original description (of Histiophorus americanus Cuvier, 1832) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1832). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome huitième. Livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 8: i-xix + 5 pp. + 1-509, Pls. 209-245. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-470; Valenciennes 471-509. Date of 1831 on title page. i-xv + 1-375 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 303 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

basis of record Fritzsche, 1978 [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]