WoRMS taxon details
Apsilus dentatus Guichenot, 1853
277617 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:277617)
accepted
Species
Mesoprion arnillo Poey, 1860 · unaccepted
Tropidinius dentatus (Guichenot, 1853) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Guichenot, A. (1853). Poissons. In: Sagra, R. de la, Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'Ile de Cuba. <em>Paris.</em> Vol. 2.1-206, Pisces pls. 1-5. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Apsilus dentatus Guichenot, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277617 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Guichenot, A. (1853). Poissons. In: Sagra, R. de la, Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'Ile de Cuba. <em>Paris.</em> Vol. 2.1-206, Pisces pls. 1-5. [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]
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 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Tropidinius dentatus (Guichenot, 1853))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion arnillo Poey, 1860)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Apsilus dentatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Tropidinius dentatus (Guichenot, 1853))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion arnillo Poey, 1860)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Tropidinius dentatus (Guichenot, 1853))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion arnillo Poey, 1860)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Apsilus dentatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Tropidinius dentatus (Guichenot, 1853))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion arnillo Poey, 1860)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
