WoRMS taxon details
Porichthys plectrodon Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
158784 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158784)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Jordan, D. S.; Gilbert, C. H. (1882). Notes on fishes observed about Pensacola, Florida, and Galveston, Texas, with description of new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 282): 241-307. [Pp. 241-272. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Virginia, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to at least northern South America
Distribution Western Atlantic: Virginia, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to at least northern South America [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Porichthys plectrodon Jordan & Gilbert, 1882. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158784 on 2025-04-23
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Nomenclature
original description
Jordan, D. S.; Gilbert, C. H. (1882). Notes on fishes observed about Pensacola, Florida, and Galveston, Texas, with description of new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 282): 241-307. [Pp. 241-272. [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
Ecology
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. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: Virginia, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to at least northern South America [details]Habitat benthic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Atlantic midshipman | [details] |
| Japanese | カザリガマアンコウ | [details] |
| Spanish | doradilla | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Porichthys plectrodon)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Porichthys plectrodon, by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (71 nucleotides; 25 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Porichthys plectrodon)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Porichthys plectrodon, by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (71 nucleotides; 25 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
