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Lonchopisthus lemur (Myers, 1935)

Source-backed taxonomic record

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
Lonchopisthus lemur (Myers, 1935)
Name authority
(Myers, 1935)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Family
Opistognathidae
Genus
Lonchopisthus
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. familyOpistognathidae Bonaparte, 1835
  11. genusLonchopisthus Gill, 1862
  12. speciesLonchopisthus lemur (Myers, 1935)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Lonchopisthus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Lonchopisthus ancistrus Smith-Vaniz & Walsh, 2017OpistognathidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
swordtail jawfishLonchopisthus micrognathus (Poey, 1860)OpistognathidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
longtail jawfishLonchopisthus sinuscalifornicus Castro-Aguirre & Villavicencio-Garayzar, 1988OpistognathidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 55 records assigned to Opistognathidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Lonchistium lemur Myers, 1935 Myers, 1935synonym
Lonchopisthus meadi Menezes & Lima de Figueiredo, 1971 Menezes & Lima de Figueiredo, 1971synonym

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.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281384 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:3VY8V. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.