WoRMS taxon details
Aspredo aspredo (Linnaeus, 1758)
279760 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279760)
accepted
Species
Aspredo batrachus Gronow, 1854 · unaccepted
Aspredo batrachus Bleeker, 1864 · unaccepted
Aspredo octocirrus Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 · unaccepted
Aspredo sicuephorus Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
Aspredo sicyephorus Günther, 1864 · unaccepted
Platystacus laevis Bloch, 1794 · unaccepted
Silurus aspredo Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
(of Silurus aspredo Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Aspredo aspredo (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279760 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Silurus aspredo Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Aspredo batrachus Bleeker, 1864) Bleeker, P. (1864). Description des espèces de Silures de Suriname, conservées aux Musées de Leide et d'Amsterdam. <em>Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2).</em> v. 20: 1-104, Pls. 1-16., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.137400
page(s): 93 [details]
original description (of Aspredo sicuephorus Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. v. 15: i-xxxi + 1-540, Pls. 421-455. [Valenciennes authored volume. i-xxiv + 1-397 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
original description (of Aspredo sicyephorus Günther, 1864) Günther, A. (1864). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455. [details]
original description (of Platystacus laevis Bloch, 1794) Bloch, M. E. (1794). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 8. i-iv + 1-174, Pls. 361-396. [details]
[request]original description (of Aspredo batrachus Bleeker, 1864) Bleeker, P. (1864). Description des espèces de Silures de Suriname, conservées aux Musées de Leide et d'Amsterdam. <em>Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2).</em> v. 20: 1-104, Pls. 1-16., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.137400
page(s): 93 [details]
original description (of Aspredo sicuephorus Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. v. 15: i-xxxi + 1-540, Pls. 421-455. [Valenciennes authored volume. i-xxiv + 1-397 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
original description (of Aspredo sicyephorus Günther, 1864) Günther, A. (1864). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455. [details]
original description (of Platystacus laevis Bloch, 1794) Bloch, M. E. (1794). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 8. i-iv + 1-174, Pls. 361-396. [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 (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Aspredo sicuephorus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Platystacus laevis Bloch, 1794)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Aspredo octocirrus Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Silurus aspredo Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Aspredo sicyephorus Günther, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Aspredo batrachus Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Aspredo batrachus Bleeker, 1864)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aspredo aspredo)
To Fishbase (from synonym Aspredo batrachus Bleeker, 1864)
To Fishbase (from synonym Silurus aspredo Linnaeus, 1758)
To Fishbase (from synonym Aspredo batrachus Gronow, 1854)
To Fishbase (from synonym Aspredo sicyephorus Günther, 1864)
To Fishbase (from synonym Platystacus laevis Bloch, 1794)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Silurus aspredo Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Aspredo sicuephorus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Platystacus laevis Bloch, 1794)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Aspredo octocirrus Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Silurus aspredo Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Aspredo sicyephorus Günther, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Aspredo batrachus Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Aspredo batrachus Bleeker, 1864)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aspredo aspredo)
To Fishbase (from synonym Aspredo batrachus Bleeker, 1864)
To Fishbase (from synonym Silurus aspredo Linnaeus, 1758)
To Fishbase (from synonym Aspredo batrachus Gronow, 1854)
To Fishbase (from synonym Aspredo sicyephorus Günther, 1864)
To Fishbase (from synonym Platystacus laevis Bloch, 1794)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Silurus aspredo Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
