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Species in the genus Opisthonema: [ 11 ] records

berlangai, Opisthonema Berry [F. H.] & Barrett [I.] 1963:119, Fig. 1B [Bulletin of the Inter-American Tuna Commission v. 7 (no. 2); ref. 4187] East end of bay on northeastern corner of Barrington (Sante Fe) Island, Galápagos Islands. Holotype: USNM 196807 [ex UCLA W55-314]. Paratypes: FMNH 63871 (6); MCZ 41619 (6); SIO 15-365 (1) (ex UCLA W55-117), 15-538 (1) (ex UCLA W54-288), 15-539 (3) (ex UCLA W53-147), 15-541 (14) (ex UCLA W55-314), 15-542 (1) (ex UCLA W60-134), 15-543 (3) (ex UCLA W53-10), 62-304 (6); UF 19279 [ex TABL 105845] (10); USNM 196808 (30). Type catalog: Gilbert 1974:111 [ref. 21035], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:62 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Opisthonema berlangai Berry & Barrett 1963 -- (Whitehead 1985:68 [ref. 5141], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:186 [ref. 24023], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:189 [ref. 30957]). Current status: Valid as Opisthonema berlangai Berry & Barrett 1963. Dorosomatidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Galápagos Islands endemic. Habitat: marine.

bulleri, Clupea (Opisthonema) Regan [C. T.] 1904:255 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 13 (no. 76) (art. 30); ref. 15198] Las Peñas, Jalisco state, western Mexico. Lectotype: BMNH 1892.9.5.131. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1892.9.5.132 (1). Lectotype selected by Berry & Barrett 1963:123 [ref. 4187] (paralectotype regarded by them as a different species). •Valid as Opisthonema bulleri (Regan 1904) -- (Whitehead 1985:69 [ref. 5141], Hedgecock et al. 1988:118 [ref. 40242], Bussing & López S. 1994:46 [ref. 23101], Whitehead & Rodriguez-Sánchez in Fischer et al. 1995:1025 [ref. 22829], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:189 [ref. 24555], Nelson et al. 2004:67 [ref. 27807], Torres-Ramírez 2004:14 [ref. 40495], Page et al. 2013:68 [ref. 32708], Pérez-Quiñónez et al. 2016:[5] 88 [ref. 40509], Pérez-Quinónez et al. 2020:151 [ref. 40419], Love et al. 2021:44 [ref. 39279] with question, Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:116 [ref. 40816], Page et al. 2023:61 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Opisthonema bulleri (Regan 1904). Dorosomatidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

captivai, Opisthonema Rivas [L. R.] 1972:1, Fig. 1 [Copeia 1972 (no. 1); ref. 7639] 22 kilometers north of Punta Caribana, Colombia, Oregon II station 10255. Holotype: USNM 204704. Paratypes: GCRL 3853 (5); UF 19280 [ex TABL 107121] (9), 19627 [ex TABL 107120] (15); USNM 204705 (10), 208566 (20). Type catalog: Gilbert 1974:111 [ref. 21035]. •Synonym of Opisthonema oglinum (Lesueur 1818) -- (Whitehead 1985:72 [ref. 5141], Munroe & Nizinski 2003:824 [ref. 26997]). Current status: Synonym of Opisthonema oglinum (Lesueur 1818). Dorosomatidae. Habitat: marine.

eumorphus, Chatoessus Gosse [P. H.] 1851:290 [A naturalist's sojourn in Jamaica; ref. 18149] Jamaica. •Synonym of Opisthonema oglinum (Lesueur 1818) -- (Whitehead 1985:72 [ref. 5141]). Current status: Synonym of Opisthonema oglinum (Lesueur 1818). Dorosomatidae. Habitat: marine.

libertatis, Meletta Günther [A.] 1867:603 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866 (pt 3); ref. 1984] Libertad, western coast of Guatemala. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1864.1.26.181. •Valid as Opisthonema libertate (Günther 1867) -- (Hiyama in Kumada 1937:27 [ref. 39147], Whitehead 1985:70 [ref. 5141], Hedgecock et al. 1988:118 [ref. 40242], Pequeño 1989:27 [ref. 14125], Allen & Robertson 1994:61 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:46 [ref. 23101], Whitehead & Rodriguez-Sánchez in Fischer et al. 1995:1022 [ref. 22829], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:190 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:192 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:109 [ref. 24550], Fuller et al. 1999:48 [ref. 25838], Lea & Rosenblatt 2000:120 [ref. 25206], Thomson et al. 2000:284 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:67 [ref. 27807], Torres-Ramírez 2004:14 [ref. 40495], Love et al. 2005:26 [ref. 37547], Miller 2006:96 [ref. 28615], Minckley & Marsh 2009:76 [ref. 31114], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:189 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:68 [ref. 32708], Kells et al. 2016:92 [ref. 35888], Pérez-Quiñónez et al. 2017:[5] 88 [ref. 40509], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:89 [ref. 35859], González-Murcia et al. 2019:289 [ref. 36544], Pérez-Quinónez et al. 2020:151 [ref. 40419], Angulo 2021:7 [ref. 38913], Love et al. 2021:44 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:61 [ref. 40505], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Opisthonema libertate (Günther 1867). Dorosomatidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.) south to Chile, including Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: brackish, marine.

medirastre, Opisthonema Berry [F. H.] & Barrett [I.] 1963:118, Fig. 1A [Bulletin of the Inter-American Tuna Commission v. 7 (no. 2); ref. 4187] Chorrera Bay, Gulf of Panama, eastern Pacific. Holotype: USNM 196804. Paratypes: CAS 22805-07 (1, 3, 1); FMNH 63869-70 (3, 2); MCZ 41620-21 (2, 3); CAS-SU 55020 (4), 57086 (2), 58311 (2), 60182-83 (3, 2); UF 19278 (2); SIO 15-249 (109) (ex UCLA W50-40), 15-544 (3) (ex UCLA W55-60), 15-547 (2) (ex UCLA W56-356), 15-548 (3) (ex UCLA W58-148), 15-549 (1) (ex UCLA W56-121), 15-550 (8) (ex UCLA W56-129), 15-568 (1) (ex UCLA W59-91), 46-229 (1) (ex UCLA W53-185); USNM 127804 (1), 196805-06 (5, 3); YPM 4359-62 (1, 3, 3, 1). Type catalog: Gilbert 1974:113 [ref. 21035], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:62 [ref. 12367], Moore & Boardman 1991:10 [ref. 16741]. •Valid as Opisthonema medirastre Berry & Barrett 1963 -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:72 [ref. 9277], Whitehead 1985:71 [ref. 5141], Hedgecock et al. 1988:118 [ref. 40242], Bussing & López S. 1994:46 [ref. 23101], Whitehead & Rodriguez-Sánchez in Fischer et al. 1995:1025 [ref. 22829] with wrong author, Grove & Lavenberg 1997:187 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:189 [ref. 24555], Lea & Rosenblatt 2000:120 [ref. 25206], Nelson et al. 2004:67 [ref. 27807], Torres-Ramírez 2004:14 [ref. 40495], Love et al. 2005:27 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:68 [ref. 32708], Kells et al. 2016:94 [ref. 35888], Pérez-Quiñónez et al. 2017:[5] 88 [ref. 40509], Pérez-Quinónez et al. 2020:151 [ref. 40419], Love et al. 2021:44 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:61 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:117 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Opisthonema medirastre Berry & Barrett 1963. Dorosomatidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

notata, Megalops Lesueur [C. A.] 1818:361 [Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia v. 1 (pt 2); ref. 2735] Guadeloupe Island, West Indies. No types known. •Synonym of Opisthonema oglinum (Lesueur 1818) -- (Whitehead 1985:72 [ref. 5141]). Current status: Synonym of Opisthonema oglinum (Lesueur 1818). Dorosomatidae. Habitat: marine.

oglina, Megalops Lesueur [C. A.] 1818:359 [Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia v. 1 (pt 2); ref. 2735] Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.A. No types known. •Valid as Opisthonema oglinum (Lesueur 1818) -- (Lee et al. 1980:72 [ref. 22416], Shimizu in Uyeno et al. 1983:95 [ref. 14275], Whitehead 1985:72 [ref. 5141], Robins & Ray 1986:70 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1991:83 [ref. 24472], Boschung 1992:42 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:300 [ref. 23827], Planquette et al. 1996:76 [ref. 22818] with wrong author, Greenfield & Thomerson 1997:63 [ref. 22947], Murdy et al. 1997:69 [ref. 23144], González Bencomo et al. 1997:158 [ref. 24960], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:345 [ref. 23897], Aguilera 1998:46 [ref. 24221], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:108 [ref. 24550], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:146 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:150 [ref. 27754], Camargo & Isaac 2001:140 [ref. 27639] as Opistonema, Munroe in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:158 [ref. 26158], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:41 [ref. 27192], Munroe & Nizinski 2003:824 [ref. 26997], Smith et al. 2003:10 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:67 [ref. 27807], Matamoros et al. 2009:8 [ref. 31241], García-Hernández et al. 2009:91 [ref. 37265], Page et al. 2013:68 [ref. 32708], Catelani et al. 2014:931 [ref. 37496], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:27 [ref. 33341], Nión et al. 2016:26 [ref. 35565], Marceniuk et al. 2017:38 [ref. 35324], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:344 [ref. 36407], Spier et al. 2018:6 [ref. 36103], Ribeiro et al. 2019:5 [ref. 36717], Robertson et al. 2020:153 [ref. 38098], Caires et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:156 [ref. 38945], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:74 [ref. 38844], Angulo et al. 2023:20 [ref. 40676], Carvalho-Filho 2023:62 [ref. 40480], Ceríaco et al. 2023:25 [ref. 40710], Page et al. 2023:61 [ref. 40505], Vieira et al. 2023:19 [ref. 40759]). Current status: Valid as Opisthonema oglinum (Lesueur 1818). Dorosomatidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Gulf of Maine (U.S.A.) and Bermuda south to Uruguay, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: brackish, marine.

signifer, Chatoessus DeKay [J. E.] 1842:264, Pl. 41 (fig. 132) [Zoology of New-York; ref. 1098] New York, U.S.A. Holotype or syntypes: New York State coll. (whereabouts unknown). •Synonym of Opisthonema oglinum (Lesueur 1818) -- (Whitehead 1985:72 [ref. 5141]). Current status: Synonym of Opisthonema oglinum (Lesueur 1818). Dorosomatidae. Habitat: marine.

striata, Alausa Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:429 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 20; ref. 1012] Bahia, Brazil. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-3735. Paralectotypes: MNHN B-3088 [ex MNHN 0000-3735] (1), 3938 (2, dry). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:289 [ref. 293], Whitehead & Bauchot 1986:8-9 [ref. 9739]. Lectotype selected by Whitehead 1967:75 [ref. 6464]. •Synonym of Opisthonema oglinum (Lesueur 1818) -- (Whitehead 1985:72 [ref. 5141]). Current status: Synonym of Opisthonema oglinum (Lesueur 1818). Dorosomatidae. Habitat: marine.

thrissa, Opisthonema Gill [T. N.] 1861:37 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 13; ref. 1767] Based on Clupanodon thrissa of Lacepède 1803. •Synonym of Opisthonema oglinum (Lesueur 1818) -- (Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:146 [ref. 25013]). Current status: Synonym of Opisthonema oglinum (Lesueur 1818). Dorosomatidae. Habitat: marine.