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View Mode View All Pictures Species Porichthys ephippiatus Walker & Rosenblatt    Porichthys ephippiatus was originally described as Porichthys ephippiatus by Walker & Rosenblatt in 1988. It belongs to the family Batrachoididae and subfamily Porichthyinae. It is commonly known as Saddle midshipman and is known in USA (contiguous states) as saddle midshipman, in France as Crapaud cheval, in Spain as Sapo ensillado, in United Kingdom as Saddle midshipman. more common names It is found in Salt water and its distribution is Eastern Pacific.   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   ephippiatus AuthorWI   Walker [H. J., Jr.] & Rosenblatt [R. H.] AuthorNI   Walker & Rosenblatt Qualification   --- Year   1988 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Batrachoidiformes Batrachoidiformes Family   Batrachoididae Subfamily   Porichthyinae Porichthyinae Genus   Porichthys Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Batrachoidiformes Family   Batrachoididae Subfamily   Porichthyinae Genus   Porichthys Original Name   Porichthys         Taxon Name   ephippiatus Original Combination   Porichthys ephippiatus Original Genus   Porichthys Original Genus Species   Porichthys ephippiatus OriginalSubGenus   Porichthys Original Author   Walker & Rosenblatt Original AuthorWI   Walker [H. J., Jr.] & Rosenblatt [R. H.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1988 Original Family   Batrachoididae Original SubFamily   Porichthyinae Original Level   species Type Locality   Mexico, about 20°48'N, 105°27'W. Types   Paratypes: (540) BMNH 1987.5.26.58-62 (5); CAS 3601-02 (1, 1), 4784 (1), 4911-4913 (1 ea.), 5411-5416 (1 ea.), 36598 (14, now 13); CAS-SU 18465 (1), 46302-03 (18, 1), 46306 (6), 46739-40 (5, 2), 57006 (2); LACM 22103 (17), 30123-5 (7); SIO (many lots); UB Primary Code   Holotype Primary Type   SIO 70-160 Journal   Copeia Citation   1988 (no. 4) Page   900 Illustrations   Fig. 12 SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Porichthys ephippiatus Current Species   ephippiatus Current Genus   Porichthys Current AuthorWI   Walker [H. J., Jr.] & Rosenblatt [R. H.] Current AuthorNI   Walker & Rosenblatt Current Year   1988 Current Family   Batrachoididae Current Subfamily   Porichthyinae Porichthyinae Habitat   demersal         Water   Salt water Habitat Notes   Demersal. Found at depths between 15 and 242 m.     Distribution   Eastern Pacific. Current Summary   Valid as Porichthys ephippiatus  Walker & Rosenblatt 1988. Batrachoididae: Porichthyinae.   Name History   • Valid as Porichthys ephippiatus  Walker & Rosenblatt 1988 -- (Collette in Fischer et al. 1995:916 [ref. 22829], Nelson et al. 2004:95 [ref. 27807], Greenfield et al. 2008:674 [ref. 30046], Page et al. 2013:96 [ref. 32708]). Common Names  Common Names Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations   Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 1 (17 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   afuerae Porichthys afuerae Evermann [B. W.] & Radcliffe [L.] 1917 Synonym analis Porichthys analis Hubbs [C. L.] & Schultz [L. P.] 1939 Valid bathoiketes Porichthys bathoiketes Gilbert [C. R.] 1968 Valid greenei Porichthys greenei Gilbert [C. H.] & Starks [E. C.] 1904 Valid kymosemeum Porichthys kymosemeum Gilbert [C. R.] 1968 Valid margaritatus Porichthys margaritatus (Richardson [J.] 1844) Valid mimeticus Porichthys mimeticus Walker [H. J., Jr.] & Rosenblatt [R. H.] 1988 Valid myriaster Porichthys myriaster Hubbs [C. L.] & Schultz [L. P.] 1939 Valid nautopaedium Porichthys nautopaedium Jordan [D. S.] & Bollman [C. H.] 1890 Synonym notatus Porichthys notatus Girard [C. F.] 1854 Valid oculellus Porichthys oculellus Walker [H. J., Jr.] & Rosenblatt [R. H.] 1988 Valid oculofrenum Porichthys oculofrenum Gilbert [C. R.] 1968 Valid pauciradiatus Porichthys pauciradiatus Caldwell [D. K.] & Caldwell [M. C.] 1963 Valid plectrodon Porichthys plectrodon Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1882 Valid porosissimus Porichthys porosissimus (Cuvier [G.] 1829) Valid porossissimus Porichthys porossissimus (Cuvier [G.] 1829) Synonym queenslandiae Porichthys queenslandiae (De Vis [C. W.] 1882) 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 1 (17 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…