Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Stomiiformes > Family Sternoptychidae > Subfamily Maurolicinae

Maurolicus Cocco, 1838

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Maurolicus amethystinopunctatus Cocco, 1838
Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin, 1789)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: キュウリエソ属

Literature

original description	Cocco, A. (1838). Su di alcuni salmonidi del mare di Messina. Littera del Prof. Anastasio Cocco al Ch. Principe D. Carlo Luciano Bonaparte. Nuov. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bologna. Year 1. 2 (9): 161-194, Pls. 5-8.
basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	Cocco, A. (1838). Su di alcuni salmonidi del mare di Messina. Littera del Prof. Anastasio Cocco al Ch. Principe D. Carlo Luciano Bonaparte. Nuov. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bologna. Year 1. 2 (9): 161-194, Pls. 5-8.
taxonomy source	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Maurolicus Cocco, 1838. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126197