WoRMS taxon details

Crocodilichthys gracilis Allen & Robertson, 1991

280435 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280435)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Blenniiformes (Order)
  11. Tripterygiidae (Family)
  12. Tripterygiinae (Subfamily)
  13. Crocodilichthys (Genus)
  14. Crocodilichthys gracilis (Species)
accepted
Species
Crocodilichthys Allen & Robertson, 1991
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Allen, G. R.; Robertson, D. R. (1991). Description of two new genera and four new species of triplefins (Pisces: Tripterygiidae) from the tropical eastern Pacific. <em>Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie.</em> 18(3): 79-82. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Crocodilichthys gracilis Allen & Robertson, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280435 on 2026-07-10
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Allen, G. R.; Robertson, D. R. (1991). Description of two new genera and four new species of triplefins (Pisces: Tripterygiidae) from the tropical eastern Pacific. <em>Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie.</em> 18(3): 79-82. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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] OpenAccess publication

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 
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LanguageName 
English lizard triplefin  [details]
Spanish lagartija tres aletas  [details]
To Barcode of Life (46 barcodes) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Crocodilichthys gracilis) 
To FishBase 
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 10 proteins) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Crocodilichthys gracilis USNM 316798 holotype photograph lateral view) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Crocodilichthys gracilis USNM 316798 holotype radiograph lateral view) 
To ITIS
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