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Taxa named by Georges Cuvier

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Erosa
genus of fishes
Salarias
Salarias is a genus of combtooth blennies found in the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Silver gemfish
species of fish
Chironemus
Chironemus is a genus of marine ray finned fish, commonly known as kelpfishes, belonging to the family Chironemidae. They are found in the temperate waters of the Southern Pacific Ocean.
Hypophthalmus
Hypophthalmus is a genus of long-whiskered catfishes native to freshwater in tropical and subtropical South America.
Chromis cinerascens
species of fish
Sargocentron hastatum
species of fish
Myripristis seychellensis
species of fish
Polycera
Polycera is a genus of sea slugs, specifically nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Polyceridae.
Inimicus filamentosus
species of fish
Sorubim
Sorubim is a small genus of long-whiskered catfish native to tropical South America. A number of characteristics allows the differentiation of each species in the genus. Sorubim species are important food fish in South America and are highly significant to fisheries of some areas; however, harvests of these fish are not identified as much as other, more popular food fishes such as Colossoma, Arapaima, and Brachyplatystoma. Some species of this family are popular aquarium fish.
Brazilian sandperch
species of fish
Paranibea semiluctuosa
species of fish
Astroscopus y-graecum
species of fish
Pseudovespicula dracaena
species of fish
Chalceus macrolepidotus
species of fish
Malacanthus
Malacanthus is a small genus of tilefishes, family Malacanthidae. They are native to the western Atlantic Ocean and the Indian and Pacific Oceans. thumb|Malacanthus brevirostris, head
Pristigaster cayana
species of fish
Pempheris mangula
species of fish
Hoplichthys
Hoplichthys, the ghost flatheads, is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. This genus is the only member of the family Hoplichthyidae.
Paralepis
Paralepis is a genus of barracudinas.
Parapercis punctata
species of fish
Parascorpaena picta
species of fish
Pterotolithus maculatus
species of fish
Centropristis
Centropristis is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes which is a member of the subfamily Serraninae of the family Serranidae, which includes the groupers and anthias. There are five species distributed in the western North Atlantic Ocean. Fishes of this genus are known commonly as sea basses.
Fibramia thermalis
species of fish
Southern school whiting
species of fish
Sarda chiliensis
species of fish
Ogcocephalus nasutus
species of fish
Uropeltis ceylanica
species of reptile
Daysciaena albida
species of fish
Branchiostegus argentatus
species of fish
Scorpaenopsis venosa
species of fish
Cociella crocodilus
species of fish
Putorius
Polecats (subgenus Putorius) are mustelids in the genus Mustela. It includes four living species — the black-footed ferret or American polecat (Mustela nigripes), the domestic ferret (Mustela furo), the European polecat (Mustela putorius), and the steppe polecat (Mustela eversmanii). Polecats share the genus Mustela with members of the subgenera Lutreola and Mustela.
Phyllidiella pustulosa
species of mollusc
Platycephalus bassensis
species of fish
Kathala axillaris
species of fish
Diploprion
Diploprion is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, related to the groupers and included in the subfamily Epinephelinae, part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. They are found in the Indo-Pacific region.
Sebastes inermis
species of rockfish native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean
Larimus
Larimus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the croakers and drums. These fishes are found in the Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Oceans.
Johnius dussumieri
species of fish
Dendrophysa russelii
species of fish
Goniistius zonatus
species of Actinopterygii
Pristigenys niphonia
species of fish
South Australian cobbler
species of fish
Cociella punctata
species of fish
Diagramma punctata
species of fish
Potomida littoralis
species of mollusc
Scolopsis margaritifera
species of fish
Macquaria
Macquaria is a genus of medium-sized, predatory temperate perches endemic to Australia. They are found in rivers of the eastern part of the continent.
Acanthistius serratus
species of fish
Sargocentron punctatissimum
species of fish
Pinguipes
Pinguipes is a small genus of sandperches belonging to the family Pinguipedidae found in waters off South America.
Blepsias bilobus
species of fish
Pleuronectinae
Pleuronectinae is a subfamily of fish in the family Pleuronectidae, comprising 14 genera and 33 species. Members of the subfamily are demersal carnivores that live in arctic and northern seas.
Platycephalus laevigatus
species of fish
Lepidotrigla papilio
species of fish
Parapercis punctulata
species of fish
Branchiostegus doliatus
species of fish