Guentherus altivela Osório, 1917
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
- Guentherus altivela Osório, 1917
- Name authority
- Osório, 1917
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Ateleopodiformes
- Family
- Ateleopodidae
- Genus
- Guentherus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · 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
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderAteleopodiformes
- familyAteleopodidae Bonaparte, 1850
- genusGuentherus Osório, 1917
- speciesGuentherus altivela Osório, 1917
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Guentherus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Guentherus katoi Senou, Kuwayama & Hirate, 2008 | AteleopodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Anodontus mauritanicus Cervigón, 1961 Cervigón, 1961 | synonym |
| Guentherus altivelis Osório, 1917 Osório, 1917 | synonym |
| Melanogloea ventralis Barnard, 1941 Barnard, 1941 | 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.
- Osório, B. (1917). Nota sôbre algumas espécies de peixes que vivem no Atlântico ocidental. Arquivo Da Universidade de Lisboa, v. 4: 103–131, Pls. 29–36 [= Pls. 1–8]. 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:3HK6V. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.