WoRMS taxon details
Boleophthalmus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1837
279925 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279925)
accepted
Species
Boleophthalmus chamiri Holly, 1929 · unaccepted
Boleophthalmus dentatus Valenciennes, 1837 · unaccepted
Boleophthalmus dussumierei Valenciennes, 1837 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome douzième. Suite du livre quatorzième. Gobioïdes. Livre quinzième. Acanthoptérygiens à pectorales pédiculées. v. 12, pp i-xxiv + 1-507 + 1 p., Pls. 344-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4445812 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Boleophthalmus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279925 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome douzième. Suite du livre quatorzième. Gobioïdes. Livre quinzième. Acanthoptérygiens à pectorales pédiculées. v. 12, pp i-xxiv + 1-507 + 1 p., Pls. 344-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4445812 [details]
original description (of Boleophthalmus chamiri Holly, 1929) Holly, M. (1929). Drei neue Fischformen aus Persien. <em>Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse.</em> v. 66 (no. 7) (for 21 Feb. 1929): 62-64. [details]
original description (of Boleophthalmus dentatus Valenciennes, 1837) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome douzième. Suite du livre quatorzième. Gobioïdes. Livre quinzième. Acanthoptérygiens à pectorales pédiculées. v. 12, pp i-xxiv + 1-507 + 1 p., Pls. 344-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4445812 [details]
original description (of Boleophthalmus chamiri Holly, 1929) Holly, M. (1929). Drei neue Fischformen aus Persien. <em>Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse.</em> v. 66 (no. 7) (for 21 Feb. 1929): 62-64. [details]
original description (of Boleophthalmus dentatus Valenciennes, 1837) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome douzième. Suite du livre quatorzième. Gobioïdes. Livre quinzième. Acanthoptérygiens à pectorales pédiculées. v. 12, pp i-xxiv + 1-507 + 1 p., Pls. 344-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4445812 [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 (27 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Boleophthalmus dussumierei Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Boleophthalmus dentatus Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Boleophthalmus dussumieri)
To FishBase (from synonym Boleophthalmus chamiri Holly, 1929)
To FishBase (from synonym Boleophthalmus dentatus Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Boleophthalmus dussumierei Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 52 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Boleophthalmus dussumieri FIN028364 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Boleophthalmus dussumierei Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Boleophthalmus dentatus Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Boleophthalmus dussumieri)
To FishBase (from synonym Boleophthalmus chamiri Holly, 1929)
To FishBase (from synonym Boleophthalmus dentatus Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Boleophthalmus dussumierei Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 52 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Boleophthalmus dussumieri FIN028364 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
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