WoRMS taxon details
Apionichthys dumerili Kaup, 1858
279642 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279642)
accepted
Species
Apionichthys bleekeri Horst, 1879 · unaccepted
Apionichthys nebulosus Peters, 1869 · unaccepted
Apionichthys ottonis Steindachner, 1868 · unaccepted
Apionichthys unicolor (Günther, 1862) · unaccepted
Soleotalpa unicolor Günther, 1862 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kaup, J. J. (1858). Uebersicht der Soleinae, der vierten Subfamilie der Pleuronectidae. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> v. 24 (pt. 1): 94-104., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.5286 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Apionichthys dumerili Kaup, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279642 on 2026-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Kaup, J. J. (1858). Uebersicht der Soleinae, der vierten Subfamilie der Pleuronectidae. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> v. 24 (pt. 1): 94-104., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.5286 [details]
original description (of Apionichthys bleekeri Horst, 1879) Horst, R. (1878). Eene nieuwe Pleuronectoide, Apionichthys bleekeri. <em>Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging.</em> v. 4: 30-32. [details]
original description (of Apionichthys ottonis Steindachner, 1868) Steindachner, F. (1868). Ichthyologische Notizen (VII). <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 57: 965-1008, Pls. 1-5. [details]
original description (of Soleotalpa unicolor Günther, 1862) Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
original description (of Apionichthys bleekeri Horst, 1879) Horst, R. (1878). Eene nieuwe Pleuronectoide, Apionichthys bleekeri. <em>Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging.</em> v. 4: 30-32. [details]
original description (of Apionichthys ottonis Steindachner, 1868) Steindachner, F. (1868). Ichthyologische Notizen (VII). <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 57: 965-1008, Pls. 1-5. [details]
original description (of Soleotalpa unicolor Günther, 1862) Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [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
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Apionichthys unicolor (Günther, 1862))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Soleotalpa unicolor Günther, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Apionichthys ottonis Steindachner, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Apionichthys bleekeri Horst, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Apionichthys nebulosus Peters, 1869)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Apionichthys dumerili)
To FishBase (from synonym Apionichthys nebulosus Peters, 1869)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Apionichthys ottonis Steindachner, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Apionichthys unicolor (Günther, 1862))
To FishBase (from synonym Apionichthys bleekeri Horst, 1879)
To FishBase (from synonym Soleotalpa unicolor Günther, 1862)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Apionichthys unicolor (Günther, 1862))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Soleotalpa unicolor Günther, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Apionichthys ottonis Steindachner, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Apionichthys bleekeri Horst, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Apionichthys nebulosus Peters, 1869)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Apionichthys dumerili)
To FishBase (from synonym Apionichthys nebulosus Peters, 1869)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Apionichthys ottonis Steindachner, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Apionichthys unicolor (Günther, 1862))
To FishBase (from synonym Apionichthys bleekeri Horst, 1879)
To FishBase (from synonym Soleotalpa unicolor Günther, 1862)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
