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snoek

Thyrsites atun (Euphrasen, 1791)

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
Thyrsites atun (Euphrasen, 1791)
Name authority
(Euphrasen, 1791)
Common name
snoek
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Scombriformes
Family
Gempylidae
Genus
Thyrsites
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. orderScombriformes
  11. familyGempylidae Gill, 1862
  12. genusThyrsites Lesson, 1831
  13. speciesThyrsites atun (Euphrasen, 1791)

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

Browse 24 records assigned to Gempylidae.

Names & synonyms

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

Recorded nameSource status
Thyrsites chilensis Cuvier, 1832 Cuvier, 1832synonym
Leionura atun dentatus (Forster, 1801) (Forster, 1801)synonym
Leionura atun (Euphrasen, 1791) (Euphrasen, 1791)synonym
Scomber atun Euphrasen, 1791 Euphrasen, 1791synonym
Scomber dentatus Forster, 1801 Forster, 1801synonym
Scomber lanceolatus Cuvier, 1832 Cuvier, 1832synonym
Scomber splendens Richardson, 1843 Richardson, 1843synonym
Thyrsites altivelis Richardson, 1839 Richardson, 1839synonym
Scomber dentex Forster, 1843 Forster, 1843ambiguous 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.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219697 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:7BZCX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.