WoRMS name details
Chrysochir aureus (Richardson, 1846)
280181 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280181)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Johnius ophiceps (Alcock, 1889) · unaccepted
Pseudusciaena birtwistlei (Fowler, 1931) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Otolithus aureus Richardson, 1846) Richardson, J. (1846). Report on the ichthyology of the seas of China and Japan. <em>Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]:.</em> 187-320. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Chrysochir aureus (Richardson, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280181 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Otolithus aureus Richardson, 1846) Richardson, J. (1846). Report on the ichthyology of the seas of China and Japan. <em>Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]:.</em> 187-320. [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 (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
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]
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
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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]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (73 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Johnius ophiceps (Alcock, 1889))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chrysochir aureus)
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudusciaena birtwistlei (Fowler, 1931))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Johnius ophiceps (Alcock, 1889))
To GenBank (81 nucleotides; 115 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Johnius ophiceps (Alcock, 1889))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chrysochir aureus)
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudusciaena birtwistlei (Fowler, 1931))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Johnius ophiceps (Alcock, 1889))
To GenBank (81 nucleotides; 115 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
