Species details : Genypterus capensis (Smith, 1847)

Accepted scientific name:
Genypterus capensis (Smith, 1847) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Genypterus capensis  (Smith, 1847)
Synonyms:
Hoplophycis lalandi Kaup, 1858 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Hoplophycis lalandi Kaup, 1858
Xiphiurus capensis Smith, 1847 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Xiphiurus capensis Smith, 1847
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Kingklip - Afrikaans Namibia Click here to show the literature
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Koningklip - Afrikaans Namibia Click here to show the literature
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Koningklip - Afrikaans South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Sydafrikansk kingklip - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Kingklip - English - Click here to show the literature
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Kingklip - English Namibia Click here to show the literature
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Kingklip - English South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Kingklip - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Aafrika kongrio - Estonian Estonia Click here to show the literature
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Abadèche du cap - French - Click here to show the literature
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Abadèche royale du cap - French France Click here to show the literature
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Kingclip - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Kingklip - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Schlangenfisch - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Südafrikanischer Kingklip - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Südafrikanischer Kingklip - German Namibia Click here to show the literature
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岬羽鼬鳚 Jia yu you wei Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Mietus królewski - Polish Poland Click here to show the literature
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Abadejo do cabo - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature
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Abrótia sul-africana - Portuguese Mozambique Click here to show the literature
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Maruca-da-Africa-do-Sul - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature
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Конгрио африканский - Russian - Click here to show the literature
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Congribadejo del Cabo - Spanish - Click here to show the literature
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Congribadejo del Cabo - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Rosada - Spanish - Click here to show the literature
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Rosada del Cabo - Spanish - Click here to show the literature
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Rosada del Cabo - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Kap-kingklip - Swedish Sweden Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Ophidiiformes FishBase
Family Ophidiidae FishBase
Genus Genypterus FishBase
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Walvis Bay, Namibia to Algoa Bay, South Africa. Distinctiveness of this species and Genypterus blacodes is unclear (Ref. 34024).
Lifezones: Marine
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2016   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2016). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2016 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2016. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=485
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:868b825c-e478-11e5-86e7-bc764e092680:col20150315