WoRMS taxon details
Cristiceps aurantiacus Castelnau, 1879
276603 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276603)
accepted
Species
Cristiceps pictus MacLeay, 1881 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Castelnau, F. L. (1879). Essay on the ichthyology of Port Jackson. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 3 (pt 4): 347-402., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.22248 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Cristiceps aurantiacus Castelnau, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276603 on 2026-07-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Castelnau, F. L. (1879). Essay on the ichthyology of Port Jackson. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 3 (pt 4): 347-402., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.22248 [details]
original description (of Cristiceps pictus MacLeay, 1881) Macleay, W. (1881). Descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia. Part III. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 6 (pt 1): 1-138. [Continues on pp. 202-387]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.15886 [details]
original description (of Cristiceps pictus MacLeay, 1881) Macleay, W. (1881). Descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia. Part III. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 6 (pt 1): 1-138. [Continues on pp. 202-387]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.15886 [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]
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]
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 (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cristiceps pictus MacLeay, 1881)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cristiceps aurantiacus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cristiceps pictus MacLeay, 1881)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cristiceps aurantiacus RAD111269-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cristiceps aurantiacus RAD111270-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cristiceps pictus MacLeay, 1881)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cristiceps aurantiacus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cristiceps pictus MacLeay, 1881)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cristiceps aurantiacus RAD111269-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cristiceps aurantiacus RAD111270-001)
To ITIS
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