Parateleopus
{{Short description|Genus of fish}}
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| name =
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| status_system = IUCN3.1
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| parent_authority = H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912
| taxon = Parateleopus
| authority = H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912
| type_species = Parateleopus microstomus
| type_species_authority = H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
- Parateleopus microstomus H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912
- Parateleopus indicus Alcock, 1891
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Parateleopus is a genus of jellynose fish in the family Ateleopodidae. There are two recognized species:
- Parateleopus microstomus H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912
- Parateleopus indicus Alcock, 1891 (Smallmouth jellynose){{FishBase |Parateleopus|indicus|id=47149 |month=June|year=2024}}
Species
=''Parateleopus microstomus''=
Parateleopus microstomus was first described in 1912, by Hugh McCormick Smith and Lewis Radcliffe. The species was described based on one specimen, the holotype, caught in the Philippines at {{convert|503|m}}.{{cite journal |title=Descriptions of a new family, two new genera, and twenty-nine new species of anacanthine fishes from the Philippine Islands and contiguous waters. |journal=Proceedings of the United States National Museum |date=27 September 1912 |volume=43 |page=140 |doi=10.5479/si.00963801.43-1924.105 |url=https://biostor.org/reference/14201 |access-date=22 November 2023 |last1=Radcliffe |first1=L.}}{{cite iucn |author=Roa-Varón, A. |author2=Iwamoto, T. |year=2019 |title=Parateleopus microstomus |volume=2019 |page=e.T123320960A123321015 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T123320960A123321015.en |access-date=18 May 2025}}
=''Parateleopus indicus''=
Parateleopus indicus was originally described as Ateleopus indicus by Alfred William Alcock in 1891, in the Andaman Sea. It was redescribed as a part of the Parateleopus genus in 2017.{{Cite journal |last1=Kaga |first1=Tatsuya |last2=Iwamoto |first2=Tomio |last3=Mishra |first3=Subhrendu Sekhar |date=2022-01-19 |title=Redescription of Ateleopus indicus Alcock 1891, (Teleostei: Ateleopodiformes: Ateleopodidae), and its reassignment to the genus Parateleopus |url=https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5092.2.2 |journal=Zootaxa |language=en |volume=5092 |issue=2 |pages=176–190 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5092.2.2 |pmid=35391213 |issn=1175-5334}}
References
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Category:Fish of the Pacific Ocean
Category:Fish described in 1912
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