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Zenarchopteridae Fowler 1934

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Central Luzon State University, Nueva Ecija, Philippines & National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, 1133 15 St. NW, Washington D. C., USA

Description

FAMILY Zenarchopteridae

Dermogenys bispina Meisner & Collette, 1998; Native; Found in rivers of Busuanga, Palawan Island, and in Mindanao Island; USNM 138667; Meisner & Collette 1998; LC

Dermogenys palawanensis Meisner, 2001; Endemic; Endemic to river basins in Palawan Island; ZRC 46170, CMK 11972, USNM 138668; Meisner 2001, Kottelat 2013; VU

Dermogenys robertsi Meisner, 2001; Native; Thought to be endemic to river basins of Northern Palawan Island, but specimens were also found in Kalimantan, Indonesia; CAS 137633; Kottelat 2013; DD

Nomorhamphus bakeri (Fowler & Bean, 1922); Endemic; Endemic to river basins of Zamboanga, Mindanao Island; USNM 84275; Colette BB 2004, Kottelat 2013; DD

Nomorhamphus manifestus Meisner, 2001; Endemic; Endemic to river basins of Ilocos Norte, Luzon Island; CAS 129706; Colette 2004, Kottelat 2013; DD

Nomorhamphus pectoralis (Fowler, 1934); Endemic; Endemic to river basins of Central and Southern Luzon Island; USNM 93068; Meisner 2001, Kottelat 2013; LC

Nomorhamphus philippinus (Ladiges, 1972); Endemic; Endemic to river basins of Cebu Island, and can also be found in river basins of Mindanao Island; ZMH H4534; Meisner 2001, Kottelat 2013; DD

Nomorhamphus pinnimaculatus Meisner, 2001; Endemic; Endemic to river basins of Leyte Island, Visayas Island group; ZRC 46173; Colette 2004, Kottelat 2013; DD

Nomorhamphus rossi Meisner, 2001; Endemic; Endemic to river basins in Cagayan Province, Northern Luzon Island; USNM 333262; Colette 2004, Kottelat 2013; EN

Nomorhamphus viviparus (Peters, 1865); Endemic; Endemic to river basins and wetlands across the Philippines; USNM 84275, CAS-SU 37631, ZMB 6267; Meisner, 2001, Kottelat 2013; LC

Zenarchopterus cotnog (Smith, 1902); Endemic; Endemic to Lake Buhi, Camarines Sur, Southern Luzon Island; USNM 50537; NE

Zenarchopterus dispar (Valenciennes, 1847); Native; Feathered River-Garfish; Found in river basins and wetlands across the Philippines; USNM 385451, FMNH 40643; Herre 1953; LC

Zenarchopterus gilli Smith, 1945; Native; Viviparous Halfbeak; Found in river basins across the Philippines; FMNH 47119, FMNH 40793; Herre 1953; LC

Zenarchopterus kampeni (Weber, 1913); Native; Sepik River Halfbeak; Found in river basins across the Philippines; MCZ 32239, USNM 93061; Herre 1953; LC

Zenarchopterus philippinus (Peters, 1868); Endemic; Philippine Halfbeak; Endemic to river basins and wetlands across the Philippines; CAS-SU 25509, BMNH 1933.3.11.152-161; Herre 1953, Aquino et al. 2011, Kottelat 2013; LC

Notes

Published as part of Jamandre, Brian Wade, 2023, Freshwater fishes of the Philippines: a provisional checklist, pp. 151-181 in Zootaxa 5301 (2) on pages 161-162, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5301.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8030274

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Fowler
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Beloniformes
Family
Zenarchopteridae
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Zenarchopteridae Fowler, 1934 sec. Jamandre, 2023

References

  • Meisner, A. D. & Collette, B. B. (1998) A new species of viviparous halfbeak, Dermogenys bispina (Teleostei: Hemiramphidae) from Sabah (North Borneo). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 46 (2), 373 - 380.
  • Meisner, A. D. (2001) Phylogenetic systematics of the viviparous halfbeak genera Dermogenys and Nomorhamphus (Teleostei: Hemiramphidae: Zenarchopterinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 133 (2), 199 - 284. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.2001. tb 00690. x
  • Kottelat, M. (2013) The fishes of the inland waters of Southeast Asia: A catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement No. 27, 1 - 663.
  • Herre, A. W. C. T. (1953) Check list of Philippine fishes. Fish and Wildlife Service Research Report, 20, 293 - 295.
  • Aquino, L. M. G., Tango, J. M., Canoy, R. J. C., Fontanilla, I. K. C., Basiao, Z. U., Ong, P. S. & Quilang, J. P. (2011) DNA barcoding of fishes of Laguna de Bay, Philippines. Mitochondrial DNA, 22 (4), 143 - 153. https: // doi. org / 10.3109 / 19401736.2011.624613