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Species in the genus Nomeus: [ 10 ] records


albula, Gobius Meuschen [F. C.] 1781:(278) [Index to Gronovius, Zoophylacium Gronovianum; ref. 19701] Not available, published in a rejected work (Opinion 261). •In the synonymy of Nomeus gronovii (Gmelin 1789) -- (Gomon et al. 1994:842 [ref. 22532]). Suppressed. Current status: Synonym of Nomeus gronovii (Gmelin 1789). Nomeidae. Habitat: marine.

argyromelas, Seriola Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833:no. p., Pl. 262 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 9; ref. 1002] "L'Ile de Prince," Guinea. Current status: Uncertain. Nomeidae. Habitat: marine.

dyscritus, Nomeus Whitley [G. P.] 1931:315 [Australian Zoologist v. 6 (pt 4); ref. 4672] Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS IA.1928. •Synonym of Nomeus gronovii (Gmelin 1789) -- (Haedrich 1967:84 [ref. 5357], Haedrich 1990:1016 [ref. 19509], Gomon et al. 1994:841 [ref. 22532], Hoese & Bray 2006:1795 [ref. 29000]). Current status: Synonym of Nomeus gronovii (Gmelin 1789). Nomeidae. Habitat: marine.

gronovii, Gobius Gmelin [J. F.] 1789:1205 [Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 3); ref. 18139] Habitat in oceano americano zona torridae [Western Atlantic; Brazil, southwestern Atlantic]. No types known. •Valid as Nomeus gronovii (Gmelin 1789) -- (Haedrich 1967:83 [ref. 5357], Haedrich 1973:562 [ref. 7216], Nakabo in Masuda et al. 1984:235 [ref. 6441], Haedrich in Whitehead et al. 1986:1185 [ref. 13677], Haedrich 1986:848 [ref. 5659], Robins & Ray 1986:270 [ref. 23100], Suda et al. 1986:319 [ref. 22518], Scott & Scott 1988:474 [ref. 25518], Paulin et al. 1989:236 [ref. 24556], McAllister 1990:182 [ref. 14674], Haedrich 1990:1016 [ref. 19509], Boschung 1992:171 [ref. 23239], Kuiter 1993:380 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:841 [ref. 22532], Allen & Robertson 1994:284 [ref. 22193], Haedrich in Fischer et al. 1995:1325 [ref. 22829], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:604 [ref. 24023], Arruda 1997:112 [ref. 24952], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:292 [ref. 24555], Fricke 1999:567 [ref. 24106], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:340 [ref. 25013], Afonso et al. 1999:86 [ref. 25466], Johnson 1999:752 [ref. 25471], Last in Randall & Lim 2000:644 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:965 [ref. 25182], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:169 [ref. 27754], Hutchins 2001:46 [ref. 25847], Last 2001:3778 [ref. 26309], Shinohara et al. 2001:333 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:965 [ref. 26193], Collette et al. 2003:126 [ref. 26784], Haedrich 2003:1872 [ref. 27117], Figueiredo et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:104 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004:177 [ref. 27807], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:430 [ref. 28072], Parin & Piotrovsky 2004:S49 [ref. 28443], Love et al. 2005:170 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:512 [ref. 28379], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:806 [ref. 28815], Vaske et al. 2005:78 [ref. 36155], Hoese & Bray 2006:1795 [ref. 29000], Wirtz et al. 2007:41 [ref. 30263], Randall 2007:453 [ref. 30952], Gomon & Last 2008:803 [ref. 30651], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:195 [ref. 30957] dated 1788, Page et al. 2013:183 [ref. 32708], Shinohara et al. 2014:273 [ref. 33330], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:85 [ref. 33341], Haedrich in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2923 [ref. 34618], Fourriére et al. 2016:460 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:611 [ref. 34923], Fricke et al. 2018:365 [ref. 35805], Cabebe & Motomura 2019:120 [ref. 37815], Carneiro et al. 2019:173 [ref. 37250], Reiner 2019:284 [ref. 38139], Kim et al. 2020:185 [ref. 39118], Psomadakis et al. 2020:579 [ref. 37272], Sutton et al. 2020:262 [ref. 37832], Love et al. 2021:214 [ref. 39279], Anderson 2022:304 [ref. 40173], Fermon et al. 2022:210 [ref. 39448] possible, Grove et al. 2022:18 [ref. 41326], Carvalho-Filho 2023:263 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:115 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:272 [ref. 41622], Victor et al. 2024:77 [ref. 42021]). Current status: Valid as Nomeus gronovii (Gmelin 1789). Nomeidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas (including Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, South China Sea, East China Sea, Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan, Timor Sea, Coral Sea, Tasman Sea, Gulf of California/Mexico). IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

maculatus, Nomeus Valenciennes [A.] 1840:no page number, Pl. 56 (fig. 2) [Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation; ref. 17868] Intertropical in sea of the Indies. Holotype: MNHN A-5405 (poor condition). Type catalog: Le Danois 1963:228 [ref. 21543]. •Synonym of Nomeus gronovii (Gmelin 1789) -- (Haedrich 1967:84 [ref. 5357], Haedrich 1973:562 [ref. 7216], Haedrich in Whitehead et al. 1986:1185 [ref. 13677], Haedrich 1990:1016 [ref. 19509]). Current status: Synonym of Nomeus gronovii (Gmelin 1789). Nomeidae. Habitat: marine.

maculosus, Nomeus Bennett [E. T.] 1831:146 [Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1830-31 (pt 1); ref. 5778] Atlantic coast of northern Africa. Possible syntypes: BMNH 1855.12.26.584-585 (9). •Synonym of Nomeus gronovii (Gmelin 1789) -- (Haedrich 1967:84 [ref. 5357], Haedrich 1973:562 [ref. 7216], Haedrich 1990:1016 [ref. 19509]). Current status: Synonym of Nomeus gronovii (Gmelin 1789). Nomeidae. Habitat: marine.

mauritii, Eleotris Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:66, 546 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Brazilian seas. No types known. Appeared as 'Nomeus mauritii C.' in Griffith & Smith 1834:193 [ref. 1908]. •Synonym of Nomeus gronovii (Gmelin 1789) -- (Haedrich 1967:83 [ref. 5357], Haedrich 1973:562 [ref. 7216], Haedrich in Whitehead et al. 1986:1185 [ref. 13677], Haedrich 1990:1016 [ref. 19509], Parin & Piotrovsky 2004:S49 [ref. 28443]). Current status: Synonym of Nomeus gronovii (Gmelin 1789). Nomeidae. Habitat: marine.

oxyurus, Nomeus Poey [F.] 1860:236 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Havana, Cuba. Syntypes: MCZ 16963 (2). Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:186 [ref. 22926] wrongly with a holotype. •Synonym of Nomeus gronovii (Gmelin 1789) -- (Haedrich 1967:84 [ref. 5357], Haedrich 1990:1016 [ref. 19509]). Current status: Synonym of Nomeus gronovii (Gmelin 1789). Nomeidae. Habitat: marine.

peronii, Nomeus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833:247 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 9; ref. 1002] Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: MNHN A-5381 (1, poor condition) A-5382 (1), A-5405 (1, poor condition). Type catalog: Le Danois 1963:228-229 [ref. 21543]. Also in Griffith & Smith 1834:Pl. 26 (fig. 1) (opp. p. 194) [ref. 1908]. •Synonym of Nomeus gronovii (Gmelin 1789) -- (Haedrich 1967:84 [ref. 5357], Haedrich 1973:562 [ref. 7216], Haedrich 1990:1016 [ref. 19509], Parin & Piotrovsky 2004:S49 [ref. 28443]). Current status: Synonym of Nomeus gronovii (Gmelin 1789). Nomeidae. Habitat: marine.

tigrinus, Gobius Walbaum [J. J.] 1792:204 [Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium Part 3; ref. 4572] American Ocean, below torrid zone. •Synonym of Nomeus gronovii (Gmelin 1789) -- (Parenti 2021:443 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Nomeus gronovii (Gmelin 1789). Nomeidae. Habitat: marine.


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