MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Molva Lesueur, 1819

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Molva Lesueur, 1819

AphiaID

125744 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125744)

Classification

Status

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Rank

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Parent

Lotidae Bonaparte, 1835

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Species Molva dypterygia (Pennant, 1784)
Species Molva macrophthalma (Rafinesque, 1810)
Species Molva molva (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Molva dipterygia (Pennant, 1784) accepted as Molva dypterygia (Pennant, 1784) (misspelling)
Species Molva elongata (Otto, 1821) accepted as Molva macrophthalma (Rafinesque, 1810)

Environment

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

Original description

Lesueur, C.A. (1819). Notice de quelques poissons découverts dans les lacs du Haut-Canada, durant l'été de 1816. Mem. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 5: 148-161. 2 pls.
page(s): 159 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Molva Lesueur, 1819. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125744 on 2025-06-01

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Molva Lesueur, 1819. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125744 on 2025-06-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Lesueur, C.A. (1819). Notice de quelques poissons découverts dans les lacs du Haut-Canada, durant l'été de 1816. Mem. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 5: 148-161. 2 pls.
page(s): 159 [details]

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

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