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Caulolatilus guppyi Beebe & Tee-Van, 1937

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
Caulolatilus guppyi Beebe & Tee-Van, 1937
Name authority
Beebe & Tee-Van, 1937
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Family
Malacanthidae
Genus
Caulolatilus
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. familyMalacanthidae Poey, 1861
  11. subfamilyLatilinae Gill, 1862
  12. genusCaulolatilus Gill, 1862
  13. speciesCaulolatilus guppyi Beebe & Tee-Van, 1937

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
blueline tilefishCaulolatilus microps Goode & Bean, 1878MalacanthidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Bermuda tilefishCaulolatilus bermudensis Dooley, 1981MalacanthidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
blackline tilefishCaulolatilus cyanops Poey, 1866MalacanthidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Bahama tilefishCaulolatilus dooleyi Berry, 1978MalacanthidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Caulolatilus williamsi Dooley & Berry, 1977MalacanthidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 30 records assigned to Malacanthidae.

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. Beebe, W., & Tee-Van, J. (1937). A new species of Caulolatilus from Trinidad, British West Indies. Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society, 22 (pt 1, no. 6): 93–95. https://doi.org/10.5962/p.203675 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:RXCR. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.