WoRMS taxon details
Capromimus abbreviatus (Hector, 1875)
280032 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280032)
accepted
Species
Antigonia muelleri Klunzinger, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Platystethus abbreviatus Hector, 1875 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Platystethus abbreviatus Hector, 1875) Hector, J. (1875). Descriptions of five new species of fishes obtained in the New-Zealand seas by H. M. S -"Challenger" Expedition, July 1874. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4).</em> v. 15 (no. 85) (art. 11): 78-82., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937508681027 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Capromimus abbreviatus (Hector, 1875). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280032 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Antigonia muelleri Klunzinger, 1879) Klunzinger, C. B. (1879). Die v. Müller'sche Sammlung australischer Fische. <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 16 (no. 22): 254-261. [details]
original description (of Platystethus abbreviatus Hector, 1875) Hector, J. (1875). Descriptions of five new species of fishes obtained in the New-Zealand seas by H. M. S -"Challenger" Expedition, July 1874. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4).</em> v. 15 (no. 85) (art. 11): 78-82., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937508681027 [details]
original description (of Platystethus abbreviatus Hector, 1875) Hector, J. (1875). Descriptions of five new species of fishes obtained in the New-Zealand seas by H. M. S -"Challenger" Expedition, July 1874. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4).</em> v. 15 (no. 85) (art. 11): 78-82., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937508681027 [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
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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 King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
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 King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Platystethus abbreviatus Hector, 1875)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Capromimus abbreviatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Antigonia muelleri Klunzinger, 1879)
To FishBase (from synonym Platystethus abbreviatus Hector, 1875)
To FishBase
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Platystethus abbreviatus Hector, 1875)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Platystethus abbreviatus Hector, 1875)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Capromimus abbreviatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Antigonia muelleri Klunzinger, 1879)
To FishBase (from synonym Platystethus abbreviatus Hector, 1875)
To FishBase
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Platystethus abbreviatus Hector, 1875)
To ITIS
