WoRMS taxon details
Chorisochismus dentex (Pallas, 1769)
219755 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219755)
accepted
Species
Athaena fasciata Castelnau, 1861 · unaccepted
Cyclopterus dentex Pallas, 1769 · unaccepted
Gobiesox fimbriatus Castelnau, 1861 · unaccepted
Gobiesox gyrinus Valenciennes, 1841 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cyclopterus dentex Pallas, 1769) Pallas, P. S. (1770). Spicilegia Zoologica quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur. <em>Berolini, Gottl. August. Lange.</em> v. 1 (fasc. 8): 1-56, Pls. 1-5. [Also v. 1 (fasc. 7), 1769, pp. 1-42, Pls. 1-6.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27817654
page(s): 6, Pl. 1 (fig. 1-4) [details]
page(s): 6, Pl. 1 (fig. 1-4) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Chorisochismus dentex (Pallas, 1769). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219755 on 2026-07-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cyclopterus dentex Pallas, 1769) Pallas, P. S. (1770). Spicilegia Zoologica quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur. <em>Berolini, Gottl. August. Lange.</em> v. 1 (fasc. 8): 1-56, Pls. 1-5. [Also v. 1 (fasc. 7), 1769, pp. 1-42, Pls. 1-6.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27817654
page(s): 6, Pl. 1 (fig. 1-4) [details]
original description (of Gobiesox fimbriatus Castelnau, 1861) Castelnau, F. L. (1861). Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe. <em>Paris.</em> i-vii + 1-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1722840#page/9/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Athaena fasciata Castelnau, 1861) Castelnau, F. L. (1861). Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe. <em>Paris.</em> i-vii + 1-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1722840#page/9/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): 6, Pl. 1 (fig. 1-4) [details]
original description (of Gobiesox fimbriatus Castelnau, 1861) Castelnau, F. L. (1861). Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe. <em>Paris.</em> i-vii + 1-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1722840#page/9/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Athaena fasciata Castelnau, 1861) Castelnau, F. L. (1861). Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe. <em>Paris.</em> i-vii + 1-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1722840#page/9/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). 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] 
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Gobiesox gyrinus Valenciennes, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Cyclopterus dentex Pallas, 1769)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Athaena fasciata Castelnau, 1861)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chorisochismus dentex)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cyclopterus dentex Pallas, 1769)
To FishBase (from synonym Athaena fasciata Castelnau, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobiesox fimbriatus Castelnau, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobiesox gyrinus Valenciennes, 1841)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Cyclopterus dentex Pallas, 1769)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Gobiesox gyrinus Valenciennes, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Cyclopterus dentex Pallas, 1769)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Athaena fasciata Castelnau, 1861)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chorisochismus dentex)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cyclopterus dentex Pallas, 1769)
To FishBase (from synonym Athaena fasciata Castelnau, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobiesox fimbriatus Castelnau, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobiesox gyrinus Valenciennes, 1841)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Cyclopterus dentex Pallas, 1769)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS