WoRMS taxon details
Blepsias cirrhosus (Pallas, 1814)
279417 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279417)
accepted
Species
Blepsias draciscus Jordan & Starks, 1904 · unaccepted
Blepsias trilobus Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted
Trachinus cirrhosus Pallas, 1814 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Trachinus cirrhosus Pallas, 1814) Pallas, P. S. (1814). Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensionem, domicilia, mores et descriptiones anatomen atque icones plurimorum.3 vols.[1811-1814]. <em>Academia Scientiarum, Petropolis [Sankt Petersburg].</em> v. 3: i-vii + 1-428 + index (I-CXXV), Pls. 1, 13, 14, 15, 20 and 21.
page(s): 237 [details]
page(s): 237 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Blepsias cirrhosus (Pallas, 1814). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279417 on 2026-04-22
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Trachinus cirrhosus Pallas, 1814) Pallas, P. S. (1814). Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensionem, domicilia, mores et descriptiones anatomen atque icones plurimorum.3 vols.[1811-1814]. <em>Academia Scientiarum, Petropolis [Sankt Petersburg].</em> v. 3: i-vii + 1-428 + index (I-CXXV), Pls. 1, 13, 14, 15, 20 and 21.
page(s): 237 [details]
original description (of Blepsias draciscus Jordan & Starks, 1904) Jordan, D. S.; Starks E. C. (1904). A review of the Cottidae or sculpins found in the waters of Japan. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 27 (no. 1358): 231-335., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/13720/USNMP-27_1358_1904.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y [details]
original description (of Blepsias trilobus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. <em>Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée.</em> 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis. [details]
page(s): 237 [details]
original description (of Blepsias draciscus Jordan & Starks, 1904) Jordan, D. S.; Starks E. C. (1904). A review of the Cottidae or sculpins found in the waters of Japan. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 27 (no. 1358): 231-335., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/13720/USNMP-27_1358_1904.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y [details]
original description (of Blepsias trilobus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. <em>Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée.</em> 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis. [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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | silverspotted sculpin | [details] |
| French | chabot à taches argentées | [details] |
| Japanese | イソバテング | [details] |
| Russian | Трехлопастной (дальневосточный усатый) бычокбычок-бабочка | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Trachinus cirrhosus Pallas, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Blepsias trilobus Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Blepsias draciscus Jordan & Starks, 1904)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Blepsias cirrhosus)
To FishBase (from synonym Blepsias trilobus Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Blepsias draciscus Jordan & Starks, 1904)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Trachinus cirrhosus Pallas, 1814)
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 50 proteins) (from synonym Trachinus cirrhosus Pallas, 1814)
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 50 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Blepsias cirrhosus P01829 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Trachinus cirrhosus Pallas, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Blepsias trilobus Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Blepsias draciscus Jordan & Starks, 1904)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Blepsias cirrhosus)
To FishBase (from synonym Blepsias trilobus Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Blepsias draciscus Jordan & Starks, 1904)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Trachinus cirrhosus Pallas, 1814)
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 50 proteins) (from synonym Trachinus cirrhosus Pallas, 1814)
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 50 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Blepsias cirrhosus P01829 illustration)
To ITIS
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