WoRMS taxon details
Chirodactylus spectabilis (Hutton, 1872)
311551 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:311551)
accepted
Species
Cheilodactylus allporti Günther, 1872 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Cheilodactylus asper Klunzinger, 1872 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Cheilodactylus rubrofasciatus Castelnau, 1878 · unaccepted
Cheilodactylus spectabilis Hutton, 1872 · unaccepted
Chilodactylus allporti Günther, 1872 · unaccepted
Chilodactylus asper Klunzinger, 1872 · unaccepted
Chironemus spectabilis (Hutton, 1872) · unaccepted
Goniistius spectabilis (Hutton, 1872) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cheilodactylus spectabilis Hutton, 1872) Hutton, F. W. (1872). Fishes of New Zealand. Catalogue with diagnoses of the species. <em>Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department. Wellington.</em> 1-93 + 95-133, Pls. 1-12. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Chirodactylus spectabilis (Hutton, 1872). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=311551 on 2025-12-26
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chilodactylus asper Klunzinger, 1872) Klunzinger, C. B. (1872). Zur Fischfauna von Süd-Australien. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> v. 38 (pt. 1): 17-47, Pl. 2. [details]
original description (of Cheilodactylus rubrofasciatus Castelnau, 1878) Castelnau, F. L. (1878). On several new Australian (chiefly) fresh-water-fishes. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 3 (pt 2): 140-144.
page(s): 140 [details]
original description (of Cheilodactylus spectabilis Hutton, 1872) Hutton, F. W. (1872). Fishes of New Zealand. Catalogue with diagnoses of the species. <em>Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department. Wellington.</em> 1-93 + 95-133, Pls. 1-12. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Cheilodactylus rubrofasciatus Castelnau, 1878) Castelnau, F. L. (1878). On several new Australian (chiefly) fresh-water-fishes. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 3 (pt 2): 140-144.
page(s): 140 [details]
original description (of Cheilodactylus spectabilis Hutton, 1872) Hutton, F. W. (1872). Fishes of New Zealand. Catalogue with diagnoses of the species. <em>Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department. Wellington.</em> 1-93 + 95-133, Pls. 1-12. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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
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 (7 barcodes) (from synonym Cheilodactylus spectabilis Hutton, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Chilodactylus asper Klunzinger, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Chilodactylus allporti Günther, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cheilodactylus spectabilis) (from synonym Cheilodactylus spectabilis Hutton, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Chilodactylus allporti Günther, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilodactylus rubrofasciatus Castelnau, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Goniistius spectabilis (Hutton, 1872))
To FishBase (from synonym Chilodactylus asper Klunzinger, 1872)
To FishBase
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Cheilodactylus spectabilis Hutton, 1872)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Goniistius spectabilis (Hutton, 1872))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cheilodactylus spectabilis FIN027838 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Chilodactylus asper Klunzinger, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Chilodactylus allporti Günther, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cheilodactylus spectabilis) (from synonym Cheilodactylus spectabilis Hutton, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Chilodactylus allporti Günther, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilodactylus rubrofasciatus Castelnau, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Goniistius spectabilis (Hutton, 1872))
To FishBase (from synonym Chilodactylus asper Klunzinger, 1872)
To FishBase
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Cheilodactylus spectabilis Hutton, 1872)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Goniistius spectabilis (Hutton, 1872))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cheilodactylus spectabilis FIN027838 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
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