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Species related to Acyrtus nudus: [ 4 ] records


nudus, Cyclopterus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:260 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Caribbean Sea. Syntypes: NRM 92 (1). Type catalog: Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:270-271 [ref. 20707]. See Fernholm 1978:146, figs. [ref. 31804]. Type locality erroneously given as 'India' in original description. Original description based on Linnaeus 1754:57, Pl. 27 (Fig. 1) [ref. 31115] and other sources. The surviving syntype has not been designated as the lectotype. Briggs 1955:94 [ref. 636] misidentified nudus, and considerable confusion surrond this name -- see Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:270-271 [ref 20707]. •Treated as Gobiesox nudus (Linnaeus 1758) [but misapplied on the basis of Briggs]-- (Briggs 1955:94 [ref. 637], Johnson & Greenfield 1983:45 [ref. 28991], Bussing 1987:114 [ref. 22927], Bussing 1998:247 [ref. 24179], Lim et al. 2002:88 [ref. 28310], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:512 [ref. 27061], Phillip et al. 2013:20 [ref. 32896], Angulo et al. 2013:994 [ref. 33194]). •Valid as Arcos nudus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fernholm 1978:146 [ref. 31804], Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:271 [ref. 20707], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:73 [ref. 33341], Page et al. 2023:151 [ref. 40505]). •Valid as Acyrtus nudus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Quintão et al. 2022:1 [ref. 39696]). Current status: Valid as Acyrtus nudus (Linnaeus 1758). Gobiesocidae: Gobiesocinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bahamas, Greater Antilles, Virgin Islands, Lesser Antilles and northern South America. Habitat: brackish, marine.

bispinosus, Cyclopterus Shaw [G.] 1804:396 [General zoology or systematic natural history; ref. 4015] India [in error, western Atlantic]. Holotype (unique): NRM 92. Unneeded new name for Cyclopterus nudus Linnaeus 1758. •Synonym of Gobiesox nudus (Linnaeus 1758) [based on Briggs] -- (Briggs 1955:94 [ref. 637], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:512 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Acyrtus nudus (Linnaeus 1758). Current status: Synonym of Acyrtus nudus (Linnaeus 1758). Gobiesocidae: Gobiesocinae. Habitat: freshwater.

macrophthalmus, Gobiesox Günther [A.] 1861:502 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] No locality [probably West Indies]. Lectotype: BMNH 1861.8.14.42. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1861.8.14.43 (1) though to be rubiginosus. See the account of Acyrtus nudus (Linnaeus 1758). Lectotype selected by Briggs 1955:86 [ref. 637]. •Valid as Arcos macrophthalmus (Günther 1861) -- (Briggs 1955:85 [ref. 637], ?Grove & Lavenberg 1997:241 [ref. 24023], McEachran 2003:1774 [ref. 27089], Nelson et al. 2004:167 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:172 [ref. 32708]). •Synonym of Arcos nudus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fernholm 1978:148 [ref. 31804], Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:271 [ref. 20707], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:73 [ref. 33341]). •Synonym of Acyrtus nudus (Linnaeus 1758). Current status: Synonym of Acyrtus nudus (Linnaeus 1758). Gobiesocidae: Gobiesocinae. Habitat: marine.

cerasinus, Gobiesox Cope [E. D.] 1871:473 [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series) v. 14 (pt 3) (art. 5); ref. 920] St. Martin Island, West Indies. Holotype (unique): ANSP 10363. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:104 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Arcos macrophthalmus (Günther 1861) -- (Briggs 1955:85 [ref. 637]). •Synonym of Acyrtus nudus (Linnaeus 1758). Current status: Synonym of Acyrtus nudus (Linnaeus 1758). Gobiesocidae: Gobiesocinae. Habitat: marine.


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