WoRMS taxon details
Cebidichthys violaceus (Girard, 1854)
280053 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280053)
accepted
Species
Apodichthys violaceus Girard, 1854 · unaccepted
Cebidichthys cristagalli Ayres, 1855 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Apodichthys violaceus Girard, 1854) Girard, C. F. (1854). Observations upon a collection of fishes made on the Pacific coast of the United States, by Lieut. W. P. Trowbridge, U. S. A., for the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 7: 142-156. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Cebidichthys violaceus (Girard, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280053 on 2026-02-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Apodichthys violaceus Girard, 1854) Girard, C. F. (1854). Observations upon a collection of fishes made on the Pacific coast of the United States, by Lieut. W. P. Trowbridge, U. S. A., for the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 7: 142-156. [details]
original description (of Cebidichthys cristagalli Ayres, 1855) Ayres, W. O. (1855). [Descriptions of new species of Californian fishes.] A number of short notices read before the Society at several meetings in 1855. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> (Series 1) v. 1 (pt 1): 23-77. [Reprinted in 2nd ed. of Academy's Proceedings 1873 with slightly different pagination; see also Ayres 1854.]. [details]
original description (of Cebidichthys cristagalli Ayres, 1855) Ayres, W. O. (1855). [Descriptions of new species of Californian fishes.] A number of short notices read before the Society at several meetings in 1855. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> (Series 1) v. 1 (pt 1): 23-77. [Reprinted in 2nd ed. of Academy's Proceedings 1873 with slightly different pagination; see also Ayres 1854.]. [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 (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cebidichthys cristagalli Ayres, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Apodichthys violaceus Girard, 1854)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cebidichthys violaceus)
To FishBase (from synonym Apodichthys violaceus Girard, 1854)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cebidichthys cristagalli Ayres, 1855)
To GenBank (1703 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Apodichthys violaceus Girard, 1854)
To GenBank (1703 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cebidichthys violaceus RAD107604-002)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cebidichthys violaceus RAD107604-003)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cebidichthys cristagalli Ayres, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Apodichthys violaceus Girard, 1854)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cebidichthys violaceus)
To FishBase (from synonym Apodichthys violaceus Girard, 1854)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cebidichthys cristagalli Ayres, 1855)
To GenBank (1703 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Apodichthys violaceus Girard, 1854)
To GenBank (1703 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cebidichthys violaceus RAD107604-002)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cebidichthys violaceus RAD107604-003)
To ITIS
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