Caracanthus madagascariensis

Caracanthus madagascariensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scorpaenoidei

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: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Ordo: Scorpaeniformes Subordo: Scorpaenoidei

Familia: Scorpaenidae
Subfamilia: Caracanthinae
Genus: Caracanthus
Species: Caracanthus madagascariensis

Name

Caracanthus madagascariensis (Guichenot, 1869)

Type locality: Tuléar, Madagascar [southwestern Indian Ocean]

Syntypes: MNHN 0000-5656 (9)

Synonyms

• Crossoderma madagascariense Guichenot, 1869
• Crossoderma madagascariensis (misspelling) Guichenot, 1869

References

• Guichenot, A. 1869: Notice sur quelques poissons inédits de Madagascar et de la Chine. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 5(3): 193–206, Pl. 12. BHL
• Winterbottom, R., A.R. Emery & E. Holm 1989: An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Chagos Archipelago, Central Indian Ocean. Royal Ontario Museum Life Science Contributions 145: 1–226.
• Imamura, H. 2004: Phylogenetic relationships and new classification of the superfamily Scorpaenoidea (Actinopterygii: Perciformes). Species diversity, 9: 1–36.

Links

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

Vernacular names

English: Spotted croucher

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