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Species in the family or subfamily Coryphaenidae: [ 49 ] records


acuta, Coryphaena Linnaeus [C.] 1766:448 [Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 1); ref. 2786] Asiatic Sea, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Current status: Uncertain. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

argenteus, Coryphus Commerson [P.] in Lacepède 1801:192 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] Not available, mentioned in the synonymy of Coryphaena scomberoides Lacepède 1801. Nomen Nudum. Coryphaenidae.

argyrurus, Coryphaena Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833:314 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 9; ref. 1002] Coromandel, southeastern India; Puducherry, India. Syntypes: MNHN A-5806 (1) Coromandel, A-8179 (1, dry) Puducherry. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:29 [ref. 20740] as holotype (A.8179) and paratype. •Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Palko et al. 1982:1 [ref. 39497], Tortonese 1990:756 [ref. 18658]). Current status: Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

aurata, Coryphaena Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1801:173, 184, Pl. 10 (fig. 2) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] No locality stated [Pelagic in open seas]. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:45 [ref. 20740]. Unnecessary replacement name for Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus 1758. Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:202, 215 (vol. 8) [ref. 30473]. •Synonym of Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus 1758 -- (Parenti 2019:102 [ref. 37117]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus 1758. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

aurata, Coryphaena Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:33 [Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia; ref. 3594] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Not an independent species description, but based on Coryphaena aurata Lacepède 1801. •Synonym of Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus 1758 -- (Tortonese 1973:385 [ref. 7192], Palko et al. 1982:1 [ref. 39497], Tortonese 1990:757 [ref. 18658]). Current status: Synonym of Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus 1758. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

azorica, Coryphaena Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833:306 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 9; ref. 1002] Near Azores, northeastern Atlantic. Holotype: MNHN A-8189. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:29 [ref. 20740]. Also in Griffith & Smith 1834:Pl. 32 (fig. 1) (opp. p. 204) [ref. 1908]. •Synonym of Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus 1758 -- (Tortonese 1973:385 [ref. 7192], Palko et al. 1982:1 [ref. 39497], Tortonese 1990:757 [ref. 18658], Santos et al. 1997:85 [ref. 23531]). Current status: Synonym of Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus 1758. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

azurea, Coryphaena Lesson [R. P.] 1831:153 [Voyage autour du monde Zool. v. 2 (pt 1); ref. 2776] 23°S, 37°W. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Tortonese 1990:756 [ref. 18658]). Current status: Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

boryi, Coriphoena Bory de Saint-Vincent [J. B. G. M.] 1823:528 (v. 4, CHI-COZ) [Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle; ref. 3853] Intertropical Atlantic Ocean; Brazil. No types known. Original genus should have been Coryphaena. Figured in v. 17, 1831:Pl. 107. Current status: Uncertain. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

brunneus, Ectenias Jordan [D. S.] & Thompson [W. F.] 1914:241, Pl. 27 (fig. 3) [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 6 (no. 4); ref. 2543] Misaki, Japan. Holotype: FMNH 57511 [ex CM 6453a]. Paratypes: FMNH 57512 [ex CM 6454] (1), CAS-SU 22642 (1). Type catalog: Henn 1928:90 [ref. 12305], Böhlke 1953:76 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:33 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Haedrich 1965 [ref. 21433], Palko et al. 1982:1 [ref. 39497]). Current status: Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

chrysurus, Coryphaena Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1801:174, 186 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] La mer du Sud [East of Ambrym, Vanuatu, southwestern Pacific] 16°S, 170°E. No types preserved. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:37 [ref. 20740]. Figured on pl. 18 (fig. 2) of Lacepède 1800 [ref. 2709]. Based on Coryphus chrysurus in manuscript description and illustration by Commerson (Philibert Commerson, 1727-1773, French explorer and naturalist). Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:202, 218 (vol. 8) [ref. 30473]. •Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Tortonese 1990:756 [ref. 18658]). Current status: Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

clypeata, Coryphaena Linnaeus [C.] 1766:448 [Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 1); ref. 2786] In oceano Asiatico [Asiatic Sea, Mediterranean Sea]. No types known. Current status: Uncertain. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

concolor, Coryphaena Poey [F.] 1876:134 [92] [Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, Madrid v. 5 (for 5 Apr. 1876); ref. 3510] On p. 92 of separate. Replacement name for Coryphaena immaculata Poey 1860, preoccupied by Coryphaena immaculata Agassiz 1831. Replacement Name. Current status: Uncertain as Coryphaena concolor Poey 1876. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

dampieri, Coryphaena hippurus Whitley [G. P.] 1939:271 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 20 (no. 4); ref. 4698] Lord Howe Island. Holotype: AMS IA.7561. Additional material: (2) QM I.4502 (1). Based on literature and several specimens. Current status: Uncertain. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

dolfyn, Coryphaena Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833:305 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 9; ref. 1002] Antilles. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-8180. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:30 [ref. 20740]. •Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Palko et al. 1982:1 [ref. 39497], Tortonese 1990:756 [ref. 18658]). Current status: Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

dorado, Coryphaena Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833:303 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 9; ref. 1002] Brazil. Syntypes: MNHN A-8177 (1, dry) Antilles, A-8178 (1, dry) Rio. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:30 [ref. 20740] as holotype (A.8178) and paratype. •Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Palko et al. 1982:1 [ref. 39497], Tortonese 1990:756 [ref. 18658]). Current status: Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

equiselis, Coryphaena Linnaeus [C.] 1758:261 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Pelagic in open seas. No types known. Also spelled equisetis in early literature and in some current literature; correct is equiselis (see Gibbs & Collette 1959:118 [ref. 24433]). •Valid as Coryphaena equisetis Linnaeus 1758 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:165 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:135 [ref. 23239], Scott & Scott 1988:382 [ref. 25518], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:382 [ref. 24023], Gavrenkov 2001:562 [ref. 25620], Choi et al. 2003:325, 602 [ref. 26218]). •Valid as Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus 1758 -- (Gibbs & Collette 1959:118 [ref. 24433], Tortonese 1973:385 [ref. 7192], Kyushin et al. 1982:229 [ref. 19754], Nakamura in Okamura et al. 1982:231, 379 [ref. 8256], Palko et al. 1982:1 [ref. 39497], Nakamura in Masuda et al. 1984:158 [ref. 6441], Collette in Whitehead et al. 1986:845 [ref. 13676], Smith 1986:661 [ref. 5712], Winterbottom et al. 1989:35 [ref. 13251], McAllister 1990:147 [ref. 14674], Tortonese 1990:757 [ref. 18658], Randall et al. 1990:168 [ref. 15987], Cervigón 1992:304 [ref. 23827], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:159 [ref. 25472], Collette in Fischer et al. 1995:1037 [ref. 22829], Randall 1995:171 [ref. 22896], Allen & Robertson 1997:826 [ref. 41086], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:113 [ref. 24545], Santos et al. 1997:85 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:86 [ref. 24952], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:334 [ref. 24555], Fricke 1999:257 [ref. 24106], Collette 1999:2657 [ref. 24785], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:233 [ref. 25013], Afonso et al. 1999:73 [ref. 25466], Nakabo 2000:790 [ref. 25086], Collette in Randall & Lim 2000:616 [ref. 25122], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:159 [ref. 27754], Hutchins 2001:33 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:790 [ref. 26001], Pujolar & Pla 2002:339 [ref. 26206], O'Toole 2002:617 [ref. 26411], Collette 2003:1424 [ref. 27087], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S108 [ref. 27377], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:79 [ref. 27192], Myers & Donaldson 2003:625 [ref. 27495], Parin 2003:S9 [ref. 28536], Nelson et al. 2004:140 [ref. 27807], Heemstra et al. 2004:3323 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:317 [ref. 28072], Love et al. 2005:115 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:362 [ref. 28379], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:267 [ref. 28815], Vaske et al. 2005:77 [ref. 36155], Bray & Hoese 2006:1147 [ref. 29049], Wirtz et al. 2007:31 [ref. 30263], Springer & Smith-Vaniz 2008:29 [ref. 31826], Fricke et al. 2009:54 [ref. 30213], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:192 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:146 [ref. 32708], Wirtz et al. 2013:123 [ref. 32972], Larson et al. 2013:118 [ref. 32988], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:49 [ref. 33341], Wirtz et al. 2014:7 [ref. 33516], Parin et al. 2014:358 [ref. 33547], Psomadakis et al. 2015:232 [ref. 34104], Bañón et al. 2016:322 [ref. 34397], Collette in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2452 [ref. 34618], Fourriére et al. 2016:457 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:609 [ref. 34923], Nión et al. 2016:47 [ref. 35565] with author as (Linnaeus 1758), Motomura et al. 2017:103 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:178 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:87 [ref. 36273], Brown et al. 2019:166 [ref. 36444], Carneiro et al. 2019:258 [ref. 37250], Reiner 2019:187 [ref. 38139] as equiseli, Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 15 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:435 [ref. 37272], Walker et al. 2020:4 [ref. 37499], Bañón & Maño 2021:83 [ref. 38887], Carvalho-Filho et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:327 [ref. 38945], Inoue et al. 2021:66 [ref. 38466], Kovačić et al. 2021:47 [ref. 39014], Love et al. 2021:156 [ref. 39279], Fermon et al. 2022:243 [ref. 39448], Grove et al. 2022:19 [ref. 41326], Heemstra 2022:68 [ref. 39885], Carvalho-Filho 2023:152 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:130 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:381 [ref. 41622], Victor et al. 2024:79 [ref. 42021]). Current status: Valid as Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus 1758. Coryphaenidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and subtropical seas (including Gulf of Mexico, Mediterranean Sea; Red Sea; southwestern Gulf of California/Mexico). IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

equisetis, Coryphaena Osbeck [P.] 1765:404 [Reise nach Ostindien und China; ref. 3311] Western Atlantic, between the Sargasso Sea and the Azores, southeast of Bermuda, at 28°34'N. Misspelling or emendation of Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus 1758, but the spelling equisetis has been used by some recent authors. •Synonym of Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus 1758 -- (Mundy 2005:362 [ref. 28379], Fricke et al. 2024:381 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Synonym of Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus 1758. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

fanphanus, Coryphaena Nardo [G. D.] (ex Chiereghini) 1847:col. 119 [Sinonimia moderna delle specie registrate nell' opera intitolata: ...; ref. 17994] Not available, Chiereghini name mentioned in synonymy of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758. Nomen Nudum. Coryphaenidae.

fasciolata, Coryphaena Pallas [P. S.] 1770:23, Pl. 3 (fig. 2) [Spicilegia Zoologica v. 1 (fasc. 8); ref. 12293] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. No types known. •Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Tortonese 1990:756 [ref. 18658], Russell & van Oijen 2021:431 [ref. 38177], Palko et al. 1982:1 [ref. 39497]). Current status: Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

galeata, Coryphaena Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1801:177, 212 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] Asian seas. Current status: Uncertain. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

globiceps, Coryphaena DeKay [J. E.] 1842:132, Pl. 10 (fig. 29) [Zoology of New-York; ref. 1098] New York harbor, New York, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): Cabinet of the Lyceum (whereabouts unknown). Current status: Uncertain. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

guttata, Coryphaena Poey [F.] 1860:245 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cuba. Current status: Uncertain. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

guttata, Sarda Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:120 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] Indian Ocean. No types known. Current status: Uncertain. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

hippuroides, Lepimphis Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:34 [Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia; ref. 3594] Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Also appeared in Rafinesque 1810:29 [ref. 3595] as Coryphena hippuroides. •Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Tortonese 1973:385 [ref. 7192], Palko et al. 1982:1 [ref. 39497], Tortonese 1990:756 [ref. 18658], Parenti 2019:103 [ref. 37117]). Current status: Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

hippurus, Coryphaena Linnaeus [C.] 1758:261 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Open seas. No types known. Misspelled hippuris by Houttuyn 1764:266 [ref. 2219] and Schöpf 1788:145 [ref. 18700]. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:258 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. •Valid as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Hiyama in Kumada 1937:36 [ref. 39147], Gibbs & Collette 1959:118 [ref. 24433], Tortonese 1973:385 [ref. 7192], Kyushin et al. 1977:292 [ref. 19756], Kyushin et al. 1982:229 [ref. 19754], Nakamura in Okamura et al. 1982:231, 379 [ref. 8256], Palko et al. 1982:1 [ref. 39497], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:212 [ref. 9277], Shimizu in Uyeno et al. 1983:339 [ref. 14275], Dor 1984:133 [ref. 29757], Nakamura in Masuda et al. 1984:158 [ref. 6441], Okamura in Okamura et al. 1985:497, 682 [ref. 8056], Collette in Whitehead et al. 1986:846 [ref. 13676], Robins & Ray 1986:165 [ref. 23100], Smith 1986:661 [ref. 5712], Allen & Swainston 1988:74 [ref. 25477], Scott & Scott 1988:383 [ref. 25518], Pequeño 1989:61 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:185 [ref. 24556], Winterbottom et al. 1989:35 [ref. 13251], McAllister 1990:147 [ref. 14674], Tortonese 1990:756 [ref. 18658], Randall et al. 1990:168 [ref. 15987], Boschung 1992:135 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:305 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:114 [ref. 24474], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:159 [ref. 25472], Allen & Robertson 1994:129 [ref. 22193], Gomon et al. 1994:591 [ref. 22532], Goren & Dor 1994:35 [ref. 25356], Collette in Fischer et al. 1995:1038 [ref. 22829], Randall 1995:171 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:462 [ref. 27969], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:113 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:381 [ref. 24023], Allen 1997:116 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:71 [ref. 26476], Cheng & Zhou 1997:281 [ref. 26385], Santos et al. 1997:85 [ref. 23531], Carpenter et al. 1997:168 [ref. 23922], Arruda 1997:86 [ref. 24952], Randall et al. 1997:168 [ref. 25919], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:11 [ref. 24670], Uiblein et al. 1999:65 [ref. 24045], Fricke 1999:258 [ref. 24106], Aguilera 1998:49 [ref. 24221], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:334 [ref. 24555], Collette 1999:2658 [ref. 24785], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:233 [ref. 25013], Mishra et al. 1999:86 [ref. 25315], Johnson 1999:735 [ref. 25471], Randall 1999:15 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:88 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:790 [ref. 25086], Collette in Randall & Lim 2000:616 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:482 [ref. 25191], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:34 [ref. 25650], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:100 [ref. 26368], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:159 [ref. 27754], Gasparini & Floeter 2001:1644 [ref. 25634], Hutchins 2001:33 [ref. 25847], Rocha & Rosa 2001:990 [ref. 25909], Camargo & Isaac 2001:141 [ref. 27639], Collette in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:409 [ref. 26158], Nakabo 2002:790 [ref. 26001], Pujolar & Pla 2002:339 [ref. 26206], Choi et al. 2003:325, 602 [ref. 26218], Alvarez-León 2002:228 [ref. 26373], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:87 [ref. 26753], O'Toole 2002:617 [ref. 26411], Collette et al. 2003:109 [ref. 26784], Collette 2003:1425 [ref. 27087], Khan 2003:9 [ref. 27710], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S108 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:625 [ref. 27495], Parin 2003:S9 [ref. 28536], Heemstra et al. 2004:3323 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:316 [ref. 28072], Lobel & Lobel 2004:71 [ref. 27576], Nelson et al. 2004:140 [ref. 27807], Randall et al. 2004:16 [ref. 27624], Golani 2005:41 [ref. 37112], Love et al. 2005:115 [ref. 37547], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:268 [ref. 28815], Mundy 2005:362 [ref. 28379], Vaske et al. 2005:77 [ref. 36155], Bray & Hoese 2006:1147 [ref. 29049], Fricke et al. 2007:83 [ref. 29533], Bray 2008:571 [ref. 30620], Fricke 2008:31 [ref. 30182], Springer & Smith-Vaniz 2008:29 [ref. 31826], Fricke et al. 2009:54 [ref. 30213], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:45 [ref. 36649], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:192 [ref. 30957], Motomura et al. 2010:114 [ref. 31256], Page et al. 2013:146 [ref. 32708], Wirtz et al. 2013:123 [ref. 32972], Larson et al. 2013:118 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:81 [ref. 33932], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:49 [ref. 33341], Wirtz et al. 2014:7 [ref. 33516], Parin et al. 2014:358 [ref. 33547], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:113 [ref. 36167], Pinheiro et al. 2015:17 [ref. 34324], Psomadakis et al. 2015:232 [ref. 34104], Trnski 2015:1247 [ref. 34198], Collette in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2453 [ref. 34618], Fourriére et al. 2016:457 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:609 [ref. 34923], Koeda et al. 2016:36 [ref. 35333], Nión et al. 2016:47 [ref. 35565] as hyppurus and author as (Linnaeus 1758), Kells et al. 2016:230 [ref. 35888], Motomura et al. 2017:103 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:178 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:87 [ref. 36273], Matsunuma in Kimura et al. 2018:141 [ref. 36460], Spier et al. 2018:11 [ref. 36103], Artüz & Fricke 2019:556 [ref. 36612], Burton & Lea 2019:75 [ref. 37205], Carneiro et al. 2019:258 [ref. 37250], Eagderi et al. 2019:55 [ref. 37020], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:97 [ref. 36864], Fricke et al. 2019:143 [ref. 36673], Reiner 2019:187 [ref. 38139], Zajonz et al. 2019:75 [ref. 36871], Bariche & Fricke 2020:66 [ref. 37515], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 15 [ref. 38321], Kim et al. 2020:123 [ref. 39118], Kovačić et al. 2020:37 [ref. 37519], Psomadakis et al. 2020:435 [ref. 37272], Robertson et al. 2020:153 [ref. 38098], Sonoyama et al. 2020:61 [ref. 37637], Bañón & Maño 2021:83 [ref. 38887], Carvalho-Filho et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:328 [ref. 38945], Dyldin & Orlov 2021:833 [ref. 38925], Eduardo et al. 2021:4 [ref. 38817], Golani 2021:51 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:47 [ref. 39014], Love et al. 2021:156 [ref. 39279], Fermon et al. 2022:243 [ref. 39448], Grove et al. 2022:19 [ref. 41326], Heemstra 2022:68 [ref. 39885], Simian et al. 2022:376 [ref. 40776], Zajonz et al. 2022:104 [ref. 40522], Carvalho-Filho 2023:151 [ref. 40480], Hoff et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40463], Page et al. 2023:130 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:194 [ref. 40816], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40981], Figueroa et al. 2024:333 [ref. 41061], Fricke et al. 2024:381 [ref. 41622], Victor et al. 2024:79 [ref. 42021]). Current status: Valid as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758. Coryphaenidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas (including Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Red Sea; Persian Gulf; Sea of Japan; Gulf of California/Mexico). IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

immaculata, Coryphaena Agassiz [L.] in Spix & Agassiz 1831:111, Pl. 56 [Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam; ref. 13] Off Brazil. Possible syntypes: MHNN 449 (1). Type catalog: Kottelat 1988:84 [ref. 13380]. •Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Palko et al. 1982:1 [ref. 39497], Tortonese 1990:756 [ref. 18658]). Current status: Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

immaculata, Coryphaena Poey [F.] 1860:245 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cuba. No types known. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Coryphaena immaculata Agassiz 1831, replaced by Coryphaena concolor Poey 1876. •Objective synonym of Coryphaena concolor Poey 1876. 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Coryphaena concolor Poey 1876. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

immaculata, Sarda Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:120 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] Indian Ocean. No types known. Current status: Uncertain. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

imperialis, Coryphaena Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:33 [Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia; ref. 3594] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Also appeared in Rafinesque 1810:29 [ref. 3595]. •Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Tortonese 1973:385 [ref. 7192], Palko et al. 1982:1 [ref. 39497], Tortonese 1990:756 [ref. 18658], Parenti 2019:102 [ref. 37117]). Current status: Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

japonica, Coryphaena Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1845:120, Pl. 64 [Fauna Japonica Parts 7-9; ref. 4373] Nagasaki, Japan. Lectotype: RMNH D2295 (stuffed). Paralectotypes: RMNH D1411-1413 (3, stuffed), D2241 (1, stuffed). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:106 [ref. 12876]. •Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Tortonese 1990:757 [ref. 18658]). Current status: Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

leseurii, Coryphaena Abbott [C. C.] 1868:811 [Catalogue of the vertebrate animals of New Jersey; ref. 15624] Not available; perhaps not intended as new. Nomen Nudum. Coryphaenidae.

lessonii, Coryphaena Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833:307 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 9; ref. 1002] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 23°22'S, 37°05'W. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:37 [ref. 20740]. Based on a drawing. •Synonym of Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus 1758 -- (Palko et al. 1982:1 [ref. 39497], Tortonese 1990:757 [ref. 18658]). Current status: Synonym of Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus 1758. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

margravii, Coryphaena Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833:301 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 9; ref. 1002] America. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-8176 (apparently lost). •Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Palko et al. 1982:1 [ref. 39497] as marcgravii, Tortonese 1990:756 [ref. 18658]). Current status: Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

neapolitanus, Lampugus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833:325 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 9; ref. 1002] Naples, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. Holotype (unique): ZMB 1631. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:38 [ref. 20740]. •Synonym of Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus 1758 -- (Tortonese 1973:385 [ref. 7192], Palko et al. 1982:1 [ref. 39497], Tortonese 1990:757 [ref. 18658]). Current status: Synonym of Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus 1758. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

nortoniana, Coryphaena Lowe [R. T.] 1839:80 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1839 (pt 7); ref. 2829] Off Madeira. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Tortonese 1973:385 [ref. 7192], Palko et al. 1982:1 [ref. 39497], Tortonese 1990:756 [ref. 18658]). Current status: Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

pavo, Coryphaena Cocco [A.] 1885:39 [Naturalista Siciliano [Il Naturalista Siciliano, Giornale di scienze naturali] v. 5; ref. 867] Also appeared in Cocco 1886 [ref. 26273]. Current status: Uncertain. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

pelagicus, Scomber Linnaeus [C.] 1758:299 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] No locality. Holotype: NRM 4221. Type catalog: Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:244-245 [ref. 20707]. •Synonym of Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus 1758 -- (Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:245 [ref. 20707] based on holotype). •Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Tortonese 1973:385 [ref. 7192], Palko et al. 1982:1 [ref. 39497], Tortonese 1990:756 [ref. 18658]). Current status: Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

punctatus, Lampugus Poey [F.] 1861:419 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cuba. No types known. Current status: Uncertain. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

punctulatus, Lampugus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833:327 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 9; ref. 1002] Atlantic at the Equator. Holotype: MNHN A-5407. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:31 [ref. 20740]. •Synonym of Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus 1758 -- (Palko et al. 1982:1 [ref. 39497], Tortonese 1990:757 [ref. 18658]). Current status: Synonym of Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus 1758. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

scomberoides, Coryphaena Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1801:174, 192 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] Mer du Sud [East of Pukarua, Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia, South Pacific], 18°S, 134°W. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:37 [ref. 20740]. Originally spelled scomberoïdes. Based on manuscript description by Commerson (Philibert Commerson, 1727-1773, French explorer and naturalist). Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:202, 226 (vol. 8) [ref. 30473]. •Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Palko et al. 1982:1 [ref. 39497]). Current status: Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

siculus, Lampugus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833:323, Pl. 268 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 9; ref. 1002] Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. Holotype: MNHN A-5813. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:31 [ref. 20740]. •Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Tortonese 1973:385 [ref. 7192], Palko et al. 1982:1 [ref. 39497], Tortonese 1990:756 [ref. 18658]). Current status: Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

siima, Coryphaena Linnaeus [C.] 1766:448 [Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 1); ref. 2786] In oceano Asiatico [Asiatic Sea]. No types known. Spelled sima by Bonnaterre 1788:61 [ref. 4940], and simus by Sonnini 1803:204 (vol. 8) [ref. 30473]. Current status: Uncertain. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

socialis, Coryphaena Bennett [F. D.] 1840:274 [Narrative of a whaling voyage round the globe v. 2; ref. 260] Pacific at 27°N, and on Equator at 166° W. No types known. •Synonym of Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus 1758 -- (Mundy 2005:362 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Synonym of Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus 1758. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

suerii, Coryphaena Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833:302 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 9; ref. 1002] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Holotype: MNHN A-5606. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:30 [ref. 20740]. •Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Palko et al. 1982:1 [ref. 39497], Tortonese 1990:756 [ref. 18658]). Current status: Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

undulata, Coryphaena Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1801:174, 196 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:45 [ref. 20740]. Unnecessary replacement name for Coryphaena fasciolata Pallas 1770. Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:203, 231 (vol. 8) [ref. 30473]. •Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758. Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

virgata, Coryphaena Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833:308 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 9; ref. 1002] Martinique Island, West Indies. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:37 [ref. 20740]. Based on Plumier drawing. •Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Palko et al. 1982:1 [ref. 39497], Tortonese 1990:756 [ref. 18658]). Current status: Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

viridis, Algoa Castelnau [F. L.] 1861:69 [Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe; ref. 767] Mouth of Zwartkops River, near Algoa Bay, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. No types known. •Based on young of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Whitley 1956:293 [ref. 20871]). Current status: Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

viridis, Coryphaena Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1801:177, 212 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] Seas of Asia. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:45 [ref. 20740]. Current status: Uncertain. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.

vlamingii, Coryphaena Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833:315 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 9; ref. 1002] Indian Ocean. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:37-38 [ref. 20740]. Based on Renard drawing. •Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Palko et al. 1982:1 [ref. 39497], Tortonese 1990:756 [ref. 18658]). Current status: Synonym of Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758. Coryphaenidae. Habitat: marine.


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