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Neostethus villadolidi Herre, 1942

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
Neostethus villadolidi Herre, 1942
Name authority
Herre, 1942
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Atheriniformes
Family
Phallostethidae
Genus
Neostethus
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · 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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderAtheriniformes
  11. suborderAtherinoidei
  12. familyPhallostethidae Regan, 1916
  13. genusNeostethus Regan, 1916
  14. speciesNeostethus villadolidi Herre, 1942

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Neostethus bicornis Regan, 1916PhallostethidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Neostethus palawanensis (Myers, 1935)PhallostethidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Neostethus amaricola (Villadolid & Manacop, 1934)PhallostethidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Neostethus ctenophorus (Aurich, 1937)PhallostethidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Neostethus djajaorum Parenti & Louie, 1998PhallostethidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 17 records assigned to Phallostethidae.

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. Herre, A. W. C. T. (1942). New and little known phallostethids, with keys to the genera and Philippine species. Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin, 2 (5): 137–156. 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:749LS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.