Spotted barracudina
Arctozenus risso (Bonaparte, 1840)
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
Arctozenus risso, the spotted barracudina or ribbon barracudina, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Paralepididae, the barracudinas. This fish is found worldwide, but not in the Southern Ocean.
Wikipedia contributors, Spotted barracudina; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:41:44.749076+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Arctozenus risso (Bonaparte, 1840)
- Name authority
- (Bonaparte, 1840)
- Common name
- Spotted barracudina
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Aulopiformes
- Family
- Paralepididae
- Genus
- Arctozenus
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderAulopiformes
- suborderAlepisauroidei
- familyParalepididae Bonaparte, 1835
- subfamilyParalepidinae Bonaparte, 1835
- genusArctozenus Gill, 1864
- speciesArctozenus risso (Bonaparte, 1840)
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Notolepis rissoi (Bonaparte, 1840) (Bonaparte, 1840) | synonym |
| Paralepis kroyeri Lütken, 1892 Lütken, 1892 | synonym |
| Paralepis risso Bonaparte, 1840 Bonaparte, 1840 | synonym |
| Sudis rissoi (Bonaparte, 1840) (Bonaparte, 1840) | synonym |
| Arctozenus risso kroyeri (Lütken, 1892) (Lütken, 1892) | synonym |
| Notolepis rissoi kroyeri (Lütken, 1892) (Lütken, 1892) | synonym |
| Notolepis coruscans (Jordan & Gilbert, 1881) (Jordan & Gilbert, 1881) | synonym |
| Paralepis coruscans Jordan & Gilbert, 1881 Jordan & Gilbert, 1881 | synonym |
| Notolepis rissoi rissoi (Bonaparte, 1840) (Bonaparte, 1840) | synonym |
| Paralepis rissoi rissoi (Bonaparte, 1840) (Bonaparte, 1840) | synonym |
| Notolepis risso (Bonaparte, 1840) (Bonaparte, 1840) | synonym |
| Arctozenus coruscans (Jordan & Gilbert, 1881) (Jordan & Gilbert, 1881) | synonym |
| Arctozenus rissoi (Bonaparte, 1840) (Bonaparte, 1840) | synonym |
| Paralepis rissoi | 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.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126352 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:GBY3. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.