WoRMS taxon details
Dexillus muelleri (Steindachner, 1879)
317688 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:317688)
accepted
Species
Brachirus muelleri (Steindachner, 1879) · unaccepted
Dexillichthys muelleri (Steindachner, 1879) · unaccepted
Strandichthys muelleri (Steindachner, 1879) · unaccepted
Synaptura arafurensis Günther, 1880 · unaccepted (synonym)
Synaptura muelleri Steindachner, 1879 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Synaptura muelleri Steindachner, 1879) Steindachner, F. (1879). Über einige neue und seltene Fischarten aus den zoologischen Museen zu Wien, Stuttgart und Warschau. <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 16 (no. 4): 29-34. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Dexillus muelleri (Steindachner, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=317688 on 2026-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Synaptura muelleri Steindachner, 1879) Steindachner, F. (1879). Über einige neue und seltene Fischarten aus den zoologischen Museen zu Wien, Stuttgart und Warschau. <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 16 (no. 4): 29-34. [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]
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 (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Synaptura muelleri Steindachner, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Dexillichthys muelleri (Steindachner, 1879))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dexillus muelleri)
To FishBase (from synonym Strandichthys muelleri (Steindachner, 1879))
To FishBase (from synonym Synaptura arafurensis Günther, 1880)
To FishBase (from synonym Dexillichthys muelleri (Steindachner, 1879))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Brachirus muelleri (Steindachner, 1879))
To FishBase (from synonym Synaptura muelleri Steindachner, 1879)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Synaptura muelleri Steindachner, 1879)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dexillus muelleri USNM 424739 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dexillus muelleri USNM 424741 photograph lateral view)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Synaptura muelleri Steindachner, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Dexillichthys muelleri (Steindachner, 1879))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dexillus muelleri)
To FishBase (from synonym Strandichthys muelleri (Steindachner, 1879))
To FishBase (from synonym Synaptura arafurensis Günther, 1880)
To FishBase (from synonym Dexillichthys muelleri (Steindachner, 1879))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Brachirus muelleri (Steindachner, 1879))
To FishBase (from synonym Synaptura muelleri Steindachner, 1879)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Synaptura muelleri Steindachner, 1879)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dexillus muelleri USNM 424739 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dexillus muelleri USNM 424741 photograph lateral view)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
