WoRMS taxon details
Tylosurus gavialoides (Castelnau, 1873)
272146 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272146)
accepted
Species
Belone gavialoides Castelnau, 1873 · unaccepted (synonym)
Belone gracilis MacLeay, 1881 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Belone groeneri Klunzinger, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Belone macleayana Ogilby, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Belone staigeri Saville-Kent, 1893 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Belone tyrannus Saville-Kent, 1893 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Belone tyranus Saville-Kent, 1893 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Belone vorax Saville-Kent, 1893 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Strongylura fijiense Fowler & Bean, 1923 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tylosurus howesi Ogilby, 1907 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Tylosurus impotens Ogilby, 1908 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tylosurus macleayanus (Ogilby, 1886) · unaccepted
Tylosurus staigeri (Saville-Kent, 1893) · unaccepted
Tylosurus tyranus (Saville-Kent, 1893) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Tylosurus vorax (Saville-Kent, 1893) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Belone gavialoides Castelnau, 1873) Castelnau, F. L. (1873). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. Nos. III thru IX [with subtitles, indexed as one work]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> 2: 37-158. [Also as part of a separate, Melbourne, 1872.].
page(s): 142 [details]
page(s): 142 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Tylosurus gavialoides (Castelnau, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272146 on 2025-05-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Belone gavialoides Castelnau, 1873) Castelnau, F. L. (1873). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. Nos. III thru IX [with subtitles, indexed as one work]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> 2: 37-158. [Also as part of a separate, Melbourne, 1872.].
page(s): 142 [details]
original description (of Strongylura fijiense Fowler & Bean, 1923) Fowler, H. W.; Bean, B. A. (1923). Descriptions of eighteen new species of fishes from the Wilkes Exploring Expedition, preserved in the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 63 (no. 2488): 1-27. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): 142 [details]
original description (of Strongylura fijiense Fowler & Bean, 1923) Fowler, H. W.; Bean, B. A. (1923). Descriptions of eighteen new species of fishes from the Wilkes Exploring Expedition, preserved in the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 63 (no. 2488): 1-27. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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
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
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Belone groeneri Klunzinger, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Belone staigeri Saville-Kent, 1893)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Strongylura fijiense Fowler & Bean, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Tylosurus impotens Ogilby, 1908)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Belone gracilis MacLeay, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Belone macleayana Ogilby, 1886)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Belone gavialoides Castelnau, 1873)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tylosurus gavialoides)
To FishBase (from synonym Belone gavialoides Castelnau, 1873)
To FishBase (from synonym Belone staigeri Saville-Kent, 1893)
To FishBase (from synonym Belone macleayana Ogilby, 1886)
To FishBase (from synonym Belone groeneri Klunzinger, 1879)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Belone gracilis MacLeay, 1881)
To FishBase (from synonym Tylosurus staigeri (Saville-Kent, 1893))
To FishBase (from synonym Tylosurus tyranus (Saville-Kent, 1893))
To FishBase (from synonym Tylosurus vorax (Saville-Kent, 1893))
To FishBase (from synonym Strongylura fijiense Fowler & Bean, 1923)
To FishBase (from synonym Belone tyrannus Saville-Kent, 1893)
To FishBase (from synonym Belone tyranus Saville-Kent, 1893)
To FishBase (from synonym Belone vorax Saville-Kent, 1893)
To FishBase (from synonym Tylosurus howesi Ogilby, 1907)
To FishBase (from synonym Tylosurus impotens Ogilby, 1908)
To FishBase images (Tylosurus gavialoides, Australia, by Good, P.)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Belone gavialoides Castelnau, 1873)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Belone groeneri Klunzinger, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Belone staigeri Saville-Kent, 1893)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Strongylura fijiense Fowler & Bean, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Tylosurus impotens Ogilby, 1908)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Belone gracilis MacLeay, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Belone macleayana Ogilby, 1886)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Belone gavialoides Castelnau, 1873)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tylosurus gavialoides)
To FishBase (from synonym Belone gavialoides Castelnau, 1873)
To FishBase (from synonym Belone staigeri Saville-Kent, 1893)
To FishBase (from synonym Belone macleayana Ogilby, 1886)
To FishBase (from synonym Belone groeneri Klunzinger, 1879)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Belone gracilis MacLeay, 1881)
To FishBase (from synonym Tylosurus staigeri (Saville-Kent, 1893))
To FishBase (from synonym Tylosurus tyranus (Saville-Kent, 1893))
To FishBase (from synonym Tylosurus vorax (Saville-Kent, 1893))
To FishBase (from synonym Strongylura fijiense Fowler & Bean, 1923)
To FishBase (from synonym Belone tyrannus Saville-Kent, 1893)
To FishBase (from synonym Belone tyranus Saville-Kent, 1893)
To FishBase (from synonym Belone vorax Saville-Kent, 1893)
To FishBase (from synonym Tylosurus howesi Ogilby, 1907)
To FishBase (from synonym Tylosurus impotens Ogilby, 1908)
To FishBase images (Tylosurus gavialoides, Australia, by Good, P.)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Belone gavialoides Castelnau, 1873)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
