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Agonidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
<i>The natural history of fishes, amphibians, and reptiles or monocardian animals</i>, vol. 2, p. 181

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Scorpaeniformes
family
Agonidae

Name

Homonyms
Agonidae
Common names
Panserulkefamilien in Danish
alligatorfishes in English
bandidos in Spanish
harnasmannetjes in Dutch
hook-noses in English
partasimput in Finnish
poachers in English
poissons-alligators in French
sea poachers in English
pansarsimpor in Swedish
panserulkefamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
panserulkefamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
alligatorfishes in English
bandidos in English
pansarsimpor in Swedish
panserulkefamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
panserulkefamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
poachers in English
poissons-alligators in French
sea poachers in English
トクビレ科 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  3. FishBase
  4. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
  5. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  6. Hureau, J.-C., and Th. Monod, eds., 1973: null. Check-list of the fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean (Clofnam), vol. 1. xxii + 683.
  7. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1855 Agonus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Osteichthyes, Scorpaeniformes): conserved; and Agonidae Kirby, 1837 (Insecta, Coleoptera): spelling emended to Agonumidae, so removing the homonymy with Agonidae Swainson, 1839 (Osteichthyes, Scorpaeniformes).Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 53, 223-225 (1996)
  8. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1855 Agonus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Osteichthyes, Scorpaeniformes): conserved; and Agonidae Kirby, 1837 (Insecta, Coleoptera): spelling emended to Agonumidae, so removing the homonymy with Agonidae Swainson, 1839 (Osteichthyes, Scorpaeniformes).Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 53, 223-225 (1996)
  9. Moore, Jon A., Karsten E. Hartel, James E. Craddock, and John K. Galbraith, 2003: An annotated list of deepwater fishes from off the New England region, with new area records. Northeastern Naturalist, vol. 10, no. 2. 159-248.
  10. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  11. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  12. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
  13. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  14. WoRMS Editorial Board (2017) WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species
  15. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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