Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Aulopiformes > Family Paralepididae > Genus Paralepis

Paralepis speciosa Bellotti, 1878

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Paralepis*	Cuvier, 1816	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Greek: Σουβλομύτης του Μπελότι

Literature

original description	Bellotti, C. (1878). Note ittiologiche. Osservazioni fatte sulla collezione ittiologica del civico Museo di Storia Naturale in Milano. I - III. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali di Milano. v. 20 (fasc. 1): 53-60.
basis of record	Relini, Giulio (2006). Agnatha Osteichthyes, in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana.
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Paralepis speciosa, by FAO)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Paralepis speciosa Bellotti, 1878. 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:236454