WoRMS taxon details
Colomesus psittacus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
280367 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280367)
accepted
Species
Tetrodon psittacus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tetrodon psittacus 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, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=471
page(s): 505, Pl. 95 [details]
page(s): 505, Pl. 95 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Colomesus psittacus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280367 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tetrodon psittacus 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, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=471
page(s): 505, Pl. 95 [details]
page(s): 505, Pl. 95 [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 (99 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Tetrodon psittacus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Colomesus psittacus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrodon psittacus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (53 nucleotides; 76 proteins)
To GenBank (53 nucleotides; 76 proteins) (from synonym Tetrodon psittacus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Colomesus psittacus USNM 267735 radiograph caudal)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Colomesus psittacus USNM 267735 radiograph lateral)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Tetrodon psittacus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Colomesus psittacus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrodon psittacus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (53 nucleotides; 76 proteins)
To GenBank (53 nucleotides; 76 proteins) (from synonym Tetrodon psittacus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Colomesus psittacus USNM 267735 radiograph caudal)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Colomesus psittacus USNM 267735 radiograph lateral)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
