WoRMS taxon details
Careproctus cypselurus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1898)
274421 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:274421)
accepted
Species
Prognurus cypselurus Jordan & Gilbert, 1898 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Prognurus cypselurus Jordan & Gilbert, 1898) Jordan, D. S. ; Evermann, B. W. (1898). The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part III. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 47: i-xxiv + 2183a-3136. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Careproctus cypselurus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1898). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=274421 on 2025-10-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Prognurus cypselurus Jordan & Gilbert, 1898) Jordan, D. S. ; Evermann, B. W. (1898). The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part III. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 47: i-xxiv + 2183a-3136. [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). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Indigo snailfishFalcate snailfishEmarginate snailfishBlackfinned snailfish | [details] |
| Japanese | アイビクニン | [details] |
| Russian | Широколобый карепрокт | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (56 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Prognurus cypselurus Jordan & Gilbert, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Careproctus cypselurus)
To FishBase (from synonym Prognurus cypselurus Jordan & Gilbert, 1898)
To FishBase
To GenBank (69 nucleotides; 72 proteins) (from synonym Prognurus cypselurus Jordan & Gilbert, 1898)
To GenBank (69 nucleotides; 72 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Prognurus cypselurus P07156 illustration) (from synonym Prognurus cypselurus Jordan & Gilbert, 1898)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Prognurus cypselurus Jordan & Gilbert, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Careproctus cypselurus)
To FishBase (from synonym Prognurus cypselurus Jordan & Gilbert, 1898)
To FishBase
To GenBank (69 nucleotides; 72 proteins) (from synonym Prognurus cypselurus Jordan & Gilbert, 1898)
To GenBank (69 nucleotides; 72 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Prognurus cypselurus P07156 illustration) (from synonym Prognurus cypselurus Jordan & Gilbert, 1898)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
