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Pseudotolithus
Sign in to savePseudotolithus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums or croakers. The species in this genus are found in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean.
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Vinony's link graph records 6 inbound references to Pseudotolithus, and connects out to Actinopterygii, Animalia and physician.
It is catalogued under topics including Actinopterygii genera, Sciaenidae and Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker.
Vinony links it to 14 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Bobo Croaker
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilySciaenidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 88
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Sciaenidae
- Collections
- CUMV, UF, MNHN, CMN, USNM, NRM
- Recorded in
- Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Nigeria, Liberia, Guinee, Angola, Sierra Leone
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Sciaenidae
- Image
- FMIB 45832 Rhinoscion epipercus.jpeg
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- taxon name
- Pseudotolithus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Pseudotolithus
- Commons category
- Pseudotolithus
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Etymology
- Species
- Characteristics
- Distribution
- References
Pseudotolithus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums or croakers. The species in this genus are found in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean.
==Taxonomy== Pseudotolithus was first proposed as a genus in 1863 by the Dutch physician, herpetologist and ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker when he described the new species P. brachygnathus, P. epipercus and P. typus. P. typus was designated as the type species by virtue of being named typus. Ethelwynn Trewavas placed the eastern Atlantic Afrotropical sciaenids, Pseudotolithus and Pteroscion, in the tribe Pseudotolithini. Other workers have placed this tribe in the subfamily Pseudotolithinae alongside the tribe Miracorvini, Miracorvina and Pentheroscion. However, the 5th edition of Fishes of the World does not recognise tribes or subfamilies within the Sciaenidae which it places in the order Acanthuriformes.
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