C. W. Michahelles, Family Cepolidae - bandfishes

[John Bruner]

On Sun, 2 Jun 2002, Prirodoslovni muzej Split wrote:
> Dear friends,
>  I need to know about some old scientist with surname Michahelles. He
> wrote a paper about new founded fish species in Adriatic (Neue Fische
> des adriatischen Meeres), published in ISIS in 1829-1831.
>  I'd like to know about his full name and origin (Austrian or German
> scientist maybe?) and to have data about Cepola rubescens (C. taenina)
> in his paper to refer my work on it.
>  I'd like to thank to all who tried or who could give me some answer in
> advance.
> Best wishes!
> Boze Kokan
Family Cepolidae - bandfishes
(1.) *Cepola rubescens* was described by Linneaus not C. W. Michahellis.
*Cepola rubescens* Linneaus 1766, p. 445.
(2.) *Cepola rubescens* is considered a synonym of *Cepola macrophthalma*
(Linnaeus, 1758) by Monod, 1973,  *Cepola rubescens* is considered valid
by Quero, 1990. {SEE *Ophidion macrophthalmum* Linneaus, 1758, p. 259}
(3.) You spelled the specific name *Cepola taenia* Linnaeus, 1758, p. 303,
incorrectly.  *Cepola taenia* Linnaeus, 1758 is considered a synonym of
*Cepola macrophthalma* (Linnaeus, 1758) by Monod, 1973. *Cepola taenia*
Linnaeus, 1758 is considered a synonym of *Cepola rubescens* Linneaus
1766, by Quero, 1990.

Three of the eight fish papers published by C. W. Michahellis (who died in
1835) have the title you quoted.

Michahellis, C. W.  1829.  Neue Fische des adriatischen Meers. Isis (Oken)
Vol. 22(9):1011-1015.

Michahellis, C. W.  1830.  Neue Fische des adriatischen Meers. Isis (Oken)
Vol. 23(3):252-255.

Michahellis, C. W.  1831.  Neue Fische des adriatischen Meers. Isis (Oken)
No. 1:199-204.

You could have looked up all the information above yourself just by going
to the CAS website and Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes.

Please note *Cobitis taenia* Linneaus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) V.
1:303, is the type species of *Cobitis* Linnaeus, 1758. Op. 809.

However, In Jordan's (1917) Genera of Fishes,  Part 1. He cites *Cepola*
in Linnaeus (1764, p. 63) and the first time in Systema Nature, Ed. 12,
1766, p. 445.  Therefore, there seems to be some confusion between
*Cobitis taenia* Linneaus, 1758, p. 303, and *Cepola rubescens* Linneaus
1764, p. 63, where he states it is the same species as *Cepola taenia*
Linneaus 1766, p. 445, and *Ophidion macrophthalmum* Linneaus, 1758, p.
259.  Eschmeyer et ali. (1990, Vol. 2)  write on p. 975, "We suggest
following priority and treating this species [ie. *Ophidion
macrophthalmum*= my insert] as valid. Cepolidae."

Linnaeus, Carolus. 1764.  Museum Adolphi-Frederici, II. p. 63.

        John
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