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View Mode View All Pictures Species Eucinostomus melanopterus (Bleeker 1863)    Eucinostomus melanopterus was originally described as Gerres melanopterus by Bleeker in 1863. It belongs to the family Gerreidae. It is commonly known as Flagfin mojarra but has many other common names such as flagfin mojarra in USA (contiguous states), Noutouivi in Benin, Blanche drapeau in France, Bouin yèkhè in Guinea, Friture in Mauritania. more common names It is found in Fresh, Brackish and Salt water and its distribution is Western and eastern Atlantic.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   melanopterus AuthorWI   Bleeker [P.] AuthorNI   Bleeker Qualification   --- Year   1863 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Perciformes Perciformes Family   Gerreidae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Eucinostomus Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Perciformes Family   Gerreidae Genus   Eucinostomus Original Name   Gerres         Taxon Name   melanopterus Original Combination   Gerres melanopterus Original Genus   Gerres Original Genus Species   Gerres melanopterus OriginalSubGenus   Gerres Original Author   Bleeker Original AuthorWI   Bleeker [P.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1863 Original Family   Gerreidae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   Guinea. Primary Code   Holotype (unique) Primary Type   RMNH 5402 Page   44 Illustrations   Pl. 8 (fig. 1) SubSpecies AuthorWI --- Qualification SS --- Original QualificationSS --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI --- Current Genus Species Eucinostomus melanopterus Current Species   melanopterus Current Genus Eucinostomus Current AuthorWI Cuvier [G.] Current AuthorNI   Cuvier Current Year   1863 Current Family Gerreidae Current Subfamily --- --- Habitat demersal         Water Fresh, Brackish and Salt water Depth Range From 0 to 25 meters.     Distribution Western and eastern Atlantic. Current Summary   Valid as Eucinostomus melanopterus  (Bleeker 1863). Gerreidae.   Name History   • Valid as Gerres melanopterus  Bleeker 1863 -- (Bauchot in Lévêque et al. 1992:692 [ref. 21590]). • Valid as Eucinostomus melanopterus  (Bleeker 1863) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:176 [ref. 23100], Roux 1986:325 [ref. 6209], Roux 1990:781 [ref. 18781], Cervigón 1992:327 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:170 [ref. 24474], Poll & Gosse 1995:117 [ref. 24781], Greenfield & Thomerson 1997:171 [ref. 22947], Bussing 1998:287 [ref. 24179], Aguilera 1998:50 [ref. 24221], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:312 [ref. 24550], Afonso et al. 1999:74 [ref. 25466], Claro et al. 2000:22 [ref. 26458], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:161 [ref. 27754], Camargo & Isaac 2001:142 [ref. 27639], Schiwok & Bork 2002:34 [ref. 25833], Gilmore 2003:1518 [ref. 27093], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:84 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:36 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:144 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:355 [ref. 28815], Miller 2006:348 [ref. 28615], Wirtz et al. 2007:34 [ref. 30263], Matamoros et al. 2009:18 [ref. 31241], Page et al. 2013:148 [ref. 32708], Angulo et al. 2013:1001 [ref. 33194]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections  Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 2 (26 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]2 Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   altus Eucinostomus altus Poey [F.] 1955 Uncertain aprion Eucinostomus aprion (Cuvier [G.] 1829) Synonym argenteus Eucinostomus argenteus Baird [S. F.] & Girard [C. F.] in Baird 1855 Valid bilobus Eucinostomus bilobus (Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830) Synonym brachychirus Eucinostomus brachychirus Poey [F.] 1955 Uncertain caerulescens Eucinostomus caerulescens Sessé [M.] & Mocigno [J. M.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830 Not available californiensis Eucinostomus californiensis (Gill [T. N.] 1862) Synonym californiensis elongatus Eucinostomus californiensis elongatus Meek [S. E.] & Hildebrand [S. F.] 1925 Synonym currani Eucinostomus currani Zahuranec [B. J.] in Yáñez-Arancibia 1980 Valid dowii Eucinostomus dowii (Gill [T. N.] 1863) Valid egregius Eucinostomus egregius Poey [F.] 2000 Not available elongatus Eucinostomus elongatus Meek [S. E.] & Hildebrand [S. F.] 1925 Synonym entomelas Eucinostomus entomelas Zahuranec [B. J.] in Yáñez-Arancibia 1980 Valid gracilis Eucinostomus gracilis (Gill [T. N.] 1862) Valid gula Eucinostomus gula (Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1824) Valid gulula Eucinostomus gulula Poey [F.] 1875 Synonym harengulus Eucinostomus harengulus Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.] 1879 Valid havana Eucinostomus havana (Nichols [J. T.] 1912) Valid jonesii Eucinostomus jonesii (Günther [A.] 1879) Valid lefroyi Eucinostomus lefroyi (Goode [G. B.] 1874) Valid meeki Eucinostomus meeki Eigenmann [C. H.] 1903 Action mowbrayi Eucinostomus mowbrayi Beebe [W.] & Tee-Van [J.] 1932 Synonym poeyi Eucinostomus poeyi Longley [W. H.] 1935 Uncertain productus Eucinostomus productus Poey [F.] 1875 Synonym pseudogula Eucinostomus pseudogula Poey [F.] 1875 Synonym Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 2 (26 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]2 Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…