Syncomistes holsworthi Shelley, Delaval & Le Feuvre, 2017
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
- Syncomistes holsworthi Shelley, Delaval & Le Feuvre, 2017
- Name authority
- Shelley, Delaval & Le Feuvre, 2017
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Centrarchiformes
- Family
- Terapontidae
- Genus
- Syncomistes
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCentrarchiformes
- familyTerapontidae Richardson, 1842
- genusSyncomistes Vari, 1978
- speciesSyncomistes holsworthi Shelley, Delaval & Le Feuvre, 2017
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Syncomistes. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Syncomistes carcharus Shelley, Delaval & Le Feuvre, 2017 | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Syncomistes dilliensis Shelley, Delaval & Le Feuvre, 2017 | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Syncomistes moranensis Shelley, Delaval & Le Feuvre, 2017 | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Syncomistes butleri Vari, 1978 | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Syncomistes rastellus Vari & Hutchins, 1978 | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Syncomistes trigonicus Vari, 1978 | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.
- Shelley, J. J., Delaval, A., & Feuvre, M. C. L. (2017). A revision of the grunter genus Syncomistes (Teleostei, Terapontidae, Syncomistes) with descriptions of seven new species from the Kimberley region, northwestern Australia. Zootaxa, 4367. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4367.1.1 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:D5BML. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.