WoRMS taxon details
Bostrychus africanus (Steindachner, 1879)
279942 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279942)
accepted
Species
Eleotris africana Steindachner, 1879 · unaccepted
Eleotris camerunensis Lönnberg, 1895 · unaccepted
Hanno africanus (Steindachner, 1879) · unaccepted
Hannoichthys africanus (Steindachner, 1879) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Eleotris africana Steindachner, 1879) Steindachner, F. (1879). Ichthyologische Beiträge (VIII). <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 80 (nos 1-2): 119-191, Pls. 1-3. [Some species date to the abstract p. 194-195 . Also as a separate (1879), pp. 1-73, Pls. 1-3.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Bostrychus africanus (Steindachner, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279942 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Eleotris africana Steindachner, 1879) Steindachner, F. (1879). Ichthyologische Beiträge (VIII). <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 80 (nos 1-2): 119-191, Pls. 1-3. [Some species date to the abstract p. 194-195 . Also as a separate (1879), pp. 1-73, Pls. 1-3.]. [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 Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hanno africanus (Steindachner, 1879))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Eleotris camerunensis Lönnberg, 1895)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Eleotris africana Steindachner, 1879)
To FishBase (from synonym Eleotris camerunensis Lönnberg, 1895)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Hanno africanus (Steindachner, 1879))
To FishBase (from synonym Hannoichthys africanus (Steindachner, 1879))
To FishBase (from synonym Eleotris africana Steindachner, 1879)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bostrychus africanus RAD108836-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bostrychus africanus RAD108836-001B)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Eleotris camerunensis Lönnberg, 1895)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Eleotris africana Steindachner, 1879)
To FishBase (from synonym Eleotris camerunensis Lönnberg, 1895)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Hanno africanus (Steindachner, 1879))
To FishBase (from synonym Hannoichthys africanus (Steindachner, 1879))
To FishBase (from synonym Eleotris africana Steindachner, 1879)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bostrychus africanus RAD108836-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bostrychus africanus RAD108836-001B)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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