WoRMS taxon details
Bellator brachychir (Regan, 1914)
276271 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276271)
accepted
Species
Prionotus brachychir Regan, 1914 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Prionotus brachychir Regan, 1914) Regan, C. T. (1914). Diagnoses of new marine fishes collected by the British Antarctic (`Terra Nova') expedition. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8).</em> v. 13 (no. 73): 11-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222931408693450 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Bellator brachychir (Regan, 1914). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276271 on 2026-07-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Prionotus brachychir Regan, 1914) Regan, C. T. (1914). Diagnoses of new marine fishes collected by the British Antarctic (`Terra Nova') expedition. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8).</em> v. 13 (no. 73): 11-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222931408693450 [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 (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Prionotus brachychir Regan, 1914)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bellator brachychir)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Prionotus brachychir Regan, 1914)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Prionotus brachychir Regan, 1914)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Prionotus brachychir Regan, 1914)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bellator brachychir)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Prionotus brachychir Regan, 1914)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Prionotus brachychir Regan, 1914)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
