WoRMS taxon details
Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838)
1019959 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1019959)
accepted
Species
Acerina bidyana Mitchell, 1838 · unaccepted (synonym)
Terapon richardsoni Castelnau, 1872 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Therapon bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Therapon ellipticus Günther, 1859 · unaccepted
Therapon macleayana Ramsay, 1882 · unaccepted
Therapon niger Castelnau, 1872 · unaccepted (synonym)
Therapon richardsoni Castelnau, 1872 · unaccepted (synonym)
Therapon richardsonii Castelnau, 1872 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Theraton bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
(of Acerina bidyana Mitchell, 1838) Mitchell, T. L. (1838). Three expeditions into the interior of eastern Australia, with descriptions of recently explored region of Australia felix, and of the present colony of New South Wales. <em>T. & W. Boone, London.</em> v. 1: 1-351. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1019959 on 2026-01-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Therapon richardsoni Castelnau, 1872) Castelnau, F. L. (1872). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. No. 1.--The Melbourne fish market (pp. 29-242). No. II.--Note on some South Australian fishes (pp. 243-247). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> v. 1: 29-247 plus 1 p. Errata, 1 pl.
page(s): 60 [details]
original description (of Therapon niger Castelnau, 1872) Castelnau, F. L. (1872). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. No. 1.--The Melbourne fish market (pp. 29-242). No. II.--Note on some South Australian fishes (pp. 243-247). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> v. 1: 29-247 plus 1 p. Errata, 1 pl.
page(s): 59 [details]
original description (of Acerina bidyana Mitchell, 1838) Mitchell, T. L. (1838). Three expeditions into the interior of eastern Australia, with descriptions of recently explored region of Australia felix, and of the present colony of New South Wales. <em>T. & W. Boone, London.</em> v. 1: 1-351. [details]
original description (of Therapon macleayana Ramsay, 1882) Ramsay, E. P. (1882). Description of a new species of Therapon from the Macquarie River. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 6 (pt 4): 831-833. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): 60 [details]
original description (of Therapon niger Castelnau, 1872) Castelnau, F. L. (1872). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. No. 1.--The Melbourne fish market (pp. 29-242). No. II.--Note on some South Australian fishes (pp. 243-247). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> v. 1: 29-247 plus 1 p. Errata, 1 pl.
page(s): 59 [details]
original description (of Acerina bidyana Mitchell, 1838) Mitchell, T. L. (1838). Three expeditions into the interior of eastern Australia, with descriptions of recently explored region of Australia felix, and of the present colony of New South Wales. <em>T. & W. Boone, London.</em> v. 1: 1-351. [details]
original description (of Therapon macleayana Ramsay, 1882) Ramsay, E. P. (1882). Description of a new species of Therapon from the Macquarie River. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 6 (pt 4): 831-833. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bidyanus bidyanus)
To FishBase (from synonym Therapon richardsoni Castelnau, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Therapon niger Castelnau, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Acerina bidyana Mitchell, 1838)
To Fishbase (from synonym Therapon macleayana Ramsay, 1882)
To Fishbase (from synonym Therapon ellipticus Günther, 1859)
To FishBase
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 50 proteins) (from synonym Therapon bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838))
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 50 proteins) (from synonym Acerina bidyana Mitchell, 1838)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 50 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bidyanus bidyanus)
To FishBase (from synonym Therapon richardsoni Castelnau, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Therapon niger Castelnau, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Acerina bidyana Mitchell, 1838)
To Fishbase (from synonym Therapon macleayana Ramsay, 1882)
To Fishbase (from synonym Therapon ellipticus Günther, 1859)
To FishBase
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 50 proteins) (from synonym Therapon bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838))
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 50 proteins) (from synonym Acerina bidyana Mitchell, 1838)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 50 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
