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Aldrovandia affinis (Günther, 1877)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Notacanthiformes
family
Halosauridae
genus
Aldrovandia
species
Aldrovandia affinis

Name

Synonyms
Aldrovandia pallida Goode & Bean, 1896
Halosauropsis affinis (Günther, 1877)
Halosauropsis proboscidea Gilbert, 1905
Halosaurus affinis Günther, 1877
Halosaurus anguilliformis Alcock, 1889
Halosaurus hoskynii Alcock, 1890
Homonyms
Aldrovandia affinis (Günther, 1877)
Common names
Allied Halosaur in English
Allied Lizardfish in English
Gilbert's Halosaurid Fish in English
Gilbert's halosaurid in English
Gilbert's halosaurid in English
Halosaur in English
Halossauro-do-Indo-Pacífico in Portuguese
Tokagegisu in Japanese
Tokagegisu in Japanese
aldrovandie obecná in Czech
halosaur in English
halosaur in English
liskoankerias in Finnish
rattailed lizardfish in English
rattailed lizardfish in English
Обыкновенная альдровандия in Russian
トカゲギス in Japanese
トカゲギス in Japanese
異鱗海蜴魚 in Chinese
발광멸 in Korean
Allied Halosaur in English
トカゲギス in Japanese
Gilbert's Halosaurid Fish in English
Gilbert's halosaurid in English
Halosaur in English
Tokagegisu in Japanese
トカゲギス in Japanese

Bibliographic References

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  2. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  4. Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002.
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  8. McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  9. Moore, Jon A., Karsten E. Hartel, James E. Craddock, and John K. Galbraith, 2003: An annotated list of deepwater fishes from off the New England region, with new area records. Northeastern Naturalist, vol. 10, no. 2. 159-248.
  10. Parin 1991a, Parin et al. 1997.
  11. Smith, D. G. / Carpenter, Kent E., and Volker H. Niem, eds., 1999: Halosauridae: Halosaurs. FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes: The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific, vol. 3: Batoid fishes, chimaeras and Bony fishes, part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). 1625-1626.
  12. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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