reedfish
Erpetoichthys calabaricus Smith, 1865
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Erpetoichthys calabaricus Smith, 1865
- Name authority
- Smith, 1865
- Common name
- reedfish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Cladistii
- Order
- Polypteriformes
- Family
- Polypteridae
- Genus
- Erpetoichthys
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassCladistia
- classCladistii
- orderPolypteriformes
- familyPolypteridae Bonaparte, 1835
- genusErpetoichthys Smith, 1865
- speciesErpetoichthys calabaricus Smith, 1865
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Polypterus erpetoideus Smith, 1865 Smith, 1865 | synonym |
| Calamoichthys calabaricus (Smith, 1865) (Smith, 1865) | synonym |
| Calamichthys calabaricus (Smith, 1865) (Smith, 1865) | synonym |
| Herpetoichthys calabaricus (Smith, 1865) (Smith, 1865) | synonym |
| Erpetoichthys calabaris (Smith, 1865) (Smith, 1865) | synonym |
| Erpetoichthys robbianus Smith, 1865 Smith, 1865 | synonym |
| Calanichthys calabaricus (Smith, 1865) (Smith, 1865) | synonym |
| Calamichthys calabarica (Smith, 1865) (Smith, 1865) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Smith, J. A. (1865). Notice of a new genus of ganoid fish allied to the genus Polypterus (Geoff.-St-Hillaire), recently received from Old Calabar. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh, v. 3: 273–278. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3B9FN. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.