WoRMS taxon details
Ablabys binotatus (Peters, 1855)
221448 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221448)
accepted
Species
Amblyapistus binotata (Peters, 1855) · unaccepted
Amblyapistus binotatus (Peters, 1855) · unaccepted
Amblyapistus marleyi Regan, 1919 · unaccepted
Apistus binotatus Peters, 1855 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Apistus binotatus Peters, 1855) Peters, W. (C. H.). (1855). Übersicht der in Mossambique beobachteten Seefische. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1855: 428-466. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Ablabys binotatus (Peters, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221448 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Apistus binotatus Peters, 1855) Peters, W. (C. H.). (1855). Übersicht der in Mossambique beobachteten Seefische. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1855: 428-466. [details]
basis of record MacNae, W., Kalk, M. (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details]
basis of record MacNae, W., Kalk, M. (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [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). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | redskinfish | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Amblyapistus binotatus (Peters, 1855))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Amblyapistus marleyi Regan, 1919)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Apistus binotatus Peters, 1855)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ablabys binotatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Apistus binotatus Peters, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Amblyapistus binotata (Peters, 1855))
To FishBase (from synonym Amblyapistus binotatus (Peters, 1855))
To FishBase (from synonym Amblyapistus marleyi Regan, 1919)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Apistus binotatus Peters, 1855)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Amblyapistus binotatus (Peters, 1855))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Amblyapistus binotata (Peters, 1855))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Amblyapistus binotatus (Peters, 1855))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Amblyapistus marleyi Regan, 1919)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Apistus binotatus Peters, 1855)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ablabys binotatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Apistus binotatus Peters, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Amblyapistus binotata (Peters, 1855))
To FishBase (from synonym Amblyapistus binotatus (Peters, 1855))
To FishBase (from synonym Amblyapistus marleyi Regan, 1919)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Apistus binotatus Peters, 1855)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Amblyapistus binotatus (Peters, 1855))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Amblyapistus binotata (Peters, 1855))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Image from synonym