WoRMS taxon details
Diplectrum macropoma (Günther, 1864)
276181 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276181)
accepted
Species
Centropristis macropoma Günther, 1864 · unaccepted
Diplectrum mexicanum Hildebrand, 1948 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Centropristis macropoma Günther, 1864) Günther, A. (1864). Report of a collection of fishes made by Messrs. Dow, Godman, and Salvin in Guatemala. Part first. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1864 (pt 1) (art. 3) : 144-154. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Diplectrum macropoma (Günther, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276181 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Centropristis macropoma Günther, 1864) Günther, A. (1864). Report of a collection of fishes made by Messrs. Dow, Godman, and Salvin in Guatemala. Part first. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1864 (pt 1) (art. 3) : 144-154. [details]
original description (of Diplectrum mexicanum Hildebrand, 1948) Hildebrand, S. F. (1948). A new genus and five new species of American fishes. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 110 (9): 1-15., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.9028 [details]
original description (of Diplectrum mexicanum Hildebrand, 1948) Hildebrand, S. F. (1948). A new genus and five new species of American fishes. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 110 (9): 1-15., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.9028 [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 (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [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 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 (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Centropristis macropoma Günther, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Diplectrum mexicanum Hildebrand, 1948)
To FishBase (from synonym Diplectrum mexicanum Hildebrand, 1948)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Centropristis macropoma Günther, 1864)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Diplectrum mexicanum P10165 illustration) (from synonym Diplectrum mexicanum Hildebrand, 1948)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Centropristis macropoma Günther, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Diplectrum mexicanum Hildebrand, 1948)
To FishBase (from synonym Diplectrum mexicanum Hildebrand, 1948)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Centropristis macropoma Günther, 1864)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Diplectrum mexicanum P10165 illustration) (from synonym Diplectrum mexicanum Hildebrand, 1948)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
