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Pantodon buchholzi Peters, 1876

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Peters, W. (C. H.). (1876). Über eine merkwürdige von Hrn. Professor Dr. Buchholz entdeckte neue Gattung von Süsswasserfischen, Pantodon Buchholzi, welche zugleich eine neue, den Malacopterygii abdominales angehörige Gruppe von Fischen, Pantodontes, repräsentirt. <em>Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1876.</em> : 195-200, 1 pl.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Osteoglossiformes
family
Pantodontidae
genus
Pantodon
species
Pantodon buchholzi

Name

Synonyms
Pantodon buchholtzi Peters, 1876
Pantodon buchholzi var. macrolepis Brüning, 1911
Pantodon buchholzi var. schizonotus Brüning, 1911
Homonyms
Pantodon buchholzi Peters, 1876
Common names
African butterflyfish in English
Afrikansk fjärilsfisk in Swedish
Eleyan in Yoruba
Freshwater Butterfly fish in English
Kakan kifi in Hausa
Lapooti in Yoruba
Motylowiec in Polish
Motýlkovec Africký in Czech
Motýlková ryba in Czech
Oloyan in Yoruba
Perhoskala in Finnish
Poisson papillon in French
Poisson volant in French
Ryba motýlek in Czech
Schmetterlingsfisch in German
Sommerfuglefisk in language.
butterfly fish in English
butterflyfish in English
butterflyfish in language.
freshwater butterfly fish in English
freshwater butterfly fish in language.
Freshwater Butterflyfish in English
Afrikansk fjärilsfisk in Swedish
Eleyan in Yoruba
Freshwater Butterfly fish in English
Kakan kifi in Hausa
Lapooti in Yoruba
Motylowiec in Polish
Motýlkovec Africký in Czech
Motýlková ryba in Czech
Oloyan in Yoruba
Perhoskala in Finnish
Poisson papillon in French
Poisson volant in French
Ryba motýlek in Czech
Schmetterlingsfisch in German
Sommerfuglefisk in Danish

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  4. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  5. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  6. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  7. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  8. Peters, W. (C. H.). (1876). Über eine merkwürdige von Hrn. Professor Dr. Buchholz entdeckte neue Gattung von Süsswasserfischen, Pantodon Buchholzi, welche zugleich eine neue, den Malacopterygii abdominales angehörige Gruppe von Fischen, Pantodontes, repräsentirt. <em>Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1876.</em> : 195-200, 1 pl.
  9. Riehl, R., and H. A. Baensch, 1989: null. Aquarium Atlas. 992.
  10. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243.
  11. 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.
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