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Sandelia bainsii Castelnau, 1861

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
Sandelia bainsii Castelnau, 1861
Name authority
Castelnau, 1861
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Anabantiformes
Family
Anabantidae
Genus
Sandelia
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderAnabantiformes
  11. suborderAnabantoidei
  12. familyAnabantidae Bonaparte, 1831
  13. genusSandelia Castelnau, 1861
  14. speciesSandelia bainsii Castelnau, 1861

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Sandelia capensis (Cuvier, 1829)AnabantidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Names & synonyms

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

Recorded nameSource status
Anabas bainsii (Castelnau, 1861) (Castelnau, 1861)synonym
Spirobranchus bainsii (Castelnau, 1861) (Castelnau, 1861)synonym
Ctenopoma microlepidotum Günther, 1861 Günther, 1861synonym

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. Castelnau, F. L. (1861). Mémoire sur les poissons de l’Afrique australe. Paris, i–vii + 1–78. 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:79HLX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.