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Lepomis Rafinesque, 1819

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Rafinesque, C. S. (1819). Prodrome. De 70 nouveaux genres d'animaux découverts dans l'intérieur des Etats-Unis d'Amérique, durant l'année 1818. <em>Journal de physique, de chimie, d'histoire naturelle et des arts.</em> 88: 417-429.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Centrarchidae
genus
Lepomis

Name

Synonyms
Allotis Hubbs, 1927
Apomotis Rafinesque, 1819
Bryttus Valenciennes, 1831
Chaenobrythus Gill, 1864
Chaenobryttus Cope, 1865
Chaenobryttus Gill, 1864
Eupomotis Gill & Jordan, 1877
Helioperca Jordan, 1877
Icthelis Rafinesque, 1820
Lepidopomus Meek, 1904
Lepiopomus Jordan, 1877
Lepomus Rafinesque, 1815
Pomatotis Agassiz, 1846
Pomotis Cuvier, 1829
Pomotis Rafinesque, 1819
Sclerotis Hubbs, 1927
Xenotis Jordan, 1877
Homonyms
Lepomis Rafinesque, 1819
Common names
Bream in English
Common Sunfishes in English
Common Sunfishes in English
Common Sunfishes in English
Eared Sunfishes in English
Eared Sunfishes in English
Mojarras in Spanish
Sauleszivis in Latvian
Slunečnice in Czech
True Sunfishes in English
Typical Sunfishes in English
common sunfishes in English
common sunfishes in English
eared sunfishes in English
eared sunfishes in English
Настоящие солнечники in Russian
Сонячний окунь in Ukrainian
ブルーギル属 in Japanese
太陽魚屬 in Chinese

Bibliographic References

  1. (2010) Catalog of Fishes electronic version (15 January 2010).
  2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  3. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  4. Eschmeyer, William N., 1990: null. Genera of Recent Fishes. iii + 697.
  5. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  6. FishBase
  7. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  8. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  9. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1684 Lepomis Rafinesque, 1819 (Osteichthyes, Perciformes): gender fixed as masculine.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 49, 169-170 (1992)
  10. Journ. de Physique, 88
  11. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  12. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  13. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  14. Rafinesque, C. S. (1819). Prodrome. De 70 nouveaux genres d'animaux découverts dans l'intérieur des Etats-Unis d'Amérique, durant l'année 1818. <em>Journal de physique, de chimie, d'histoire naturelle et des arts.</em> 88: 417-429.
  15. Rafinesque, C. S. (1819). Prodrome. De 70 nouveaux genres d'animaux découverts dans l'intérieur des Etats-Unis d'Amérique, durant l'année 1818. <em>Journal de physique, de chimie, d'histoire naturelle et des arts.</em> 88: 417-429.
  16. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
  17. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998, PaleoDB
  18. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
  19. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  20. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
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