WoRMS taxon details
Chirocentrus dorab (Forsskål, 1775)
212257 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212257)
accepted
Species
Chirocentris dorab (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Chirocentrus hypselosoma Bleeker, 1852 · unaccepted
Clupea dentex Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
Clupea dorab Forsskål, 1775 · unaccepted
Esox chirocentrus Lacepède, 1803 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Clupea dorab Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 72, xiii [details]
page(s): 72, xiii [details]
Description Occurs inshore. In Australia, it was reported in water temperatures of 26.0-29.0 °C (Ref. 4959). Feeds mainly on small...
Description Occurs inshore. In Australia, it was reported in water temperatures of 26.0-29.0 °C (Ref. 4959). Feeds mainly on small fishes, but perhaps also crustaceans. Marketed fresh, frozen or dried and salted <111>. Widely distributed in the Indian and Pacific Oceans <360>. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Chirocentrus dorab (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212257 on 2025-07-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Clupea dorab Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 72, xiii [details]
original description (of Esox chirocentrus Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629
page(s): 296, 317, Pl. 8 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Clupea dentex Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 428 [details]
original description (of Chirocentrus hypselosoma Bleeker, 1852) Bleeker, P. (1852). Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Singapore. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 3 (no. 1): 51-86. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): 72, xiii [details]
original description (of Esox chirocentrus Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629
page(s): 296, 317, Pl. 8 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Clupea dentex Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 428 [details]
original description (of Chirocentrus hypselosoma Bleeker, 1852) Bleeker, P. (1852). Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Singapore. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 3 (no. 1): 51-86. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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 (Introduced species)
Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors 
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context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
[request]context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Occurs inshore. In Australia, it was reported in water temperatures of 26.0-29.0 °C (Ref. 4959). Feeds mainly on small fishes, but perhaps also crustaceans. Marketed fresh, frozen or dried and salted <111>. Widely distributed in the Indian and Pacific Oceans <360>. [details]
To Barcode of Life (91 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (150 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Chirocentrus hypselosoma Bleeker, 1852)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Esox chirocentrus Lacepède, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Clupea dentex Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (51 publications) (from synonym Clupea dorab Forsskål, 1775)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chirocentrus dorab)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea dorab Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea dentex Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Esox chirocentrus Lacepède, 1803)
To FishBase (from synonym Chirocentrus hypselosoma Bleeker, 1852)
To FishBase (from synonym Chirocentris dorab (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase images (Chirocentrus dorab, India, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (90 nucleotides; 120 proteins)
To GenBank (90 nucleotides; 120 proteins) (from synonym Clupea dorab Forsskål, 1775)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chirocentrus dorab FIN027846 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chirocentrus dorab FIN027846B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (150 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Chirocentrus hypselosoma Bleeker, 1852)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Esox chirocentrus Lacepède, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Clupea dentex Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (51 publications) (from synonym Clupea dorab Forsskål, 1775)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chirocentrus dorab)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea dorab Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea dentex Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Esox chirocentrus Lacepède, 1803)
To FishBase (from synonym Chirocentrus hypselosoma Bleeker, 1852)
To FishBase (from synonym Chirocentris dorab (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase images (Chirocentrus dorab, India, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (90 nucleotides; 120 proteins)
To GenBank (90 nucleotides; 120 proteins) (from synonym Clupea dorab Forsskål, 1775)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chirocentrus dorab FIN027846 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chirocentrus dorab FIN027846B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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