Korean sandeel
Hypoptychus dybowskii Steindachner, 1880
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.
Korean sandeel (Hypoptychus dybowskii) Steindachner, 1880
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Open encyclopedia reference
The Korean sandlance (Hypoptychus dybowskii) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Hypoptychidae. The Korean sandlance is the only species in this monotypic family and genus and is found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
Wikipedia contributors, Korean sandlance; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:12:44.346739+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hypoptychus dybowskii Steindachner, 1880
- Name authority
- Steindachner, 1880
- Common name
- Korean sandeel
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Hypoptychidae
- Genus
- Hypoptychus
- 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
- orderPerciformes
- suborderGasterosteoidei
- familyHypoptychidae Steindachner, 1880
- genusHypoptychus Steindachner, 1880
- speciesHypoptychus dybowskii Steindachner, 1880
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 |
|---|---|
| Hypoptychus steindachneri Franz, 1910 Franz, 1910 | 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.
- Steindachner, F. (1880). Beitäge zur Kenntniss der Flussfische Südamerikas (II) und Ichthyologische Beiträge (IX). Anzeiger Der Akademie Der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, v. 17 (no. 19) : 157–159. 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.
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:3NYBB. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.