WoRMS taxon details
Ellochelon vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
218878 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218878)
accepted
Species
Chelon vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) · unaccepted
Liza vaigensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Liza vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) · unaccepted
Mugil delicatus Jouan, 1878 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mugil macrolepidotus Rüppell, 1830 · unaccepted
Mugil melanochir Valenciennes, 1836 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mugil occidentalis Castelnau, 1873 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mugil rossii Bleeker, 1854 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mugil tegobuan Montrouzier, 1857 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mugil vaigiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 · unaccepted
Mugil ventricosus Castelnau, 1875 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mugil waigiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mugil vaigiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. <em>In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M.</em> 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ellochelon vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218878 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mugil macrolepidotus Rüppell, 1830) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1828-30). Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meers. <em>Frankfurt am Main (Heinrich Ludwig Brönner).</em> 1-141 + 3 pp., Pls. 1-35. [Part 1 (1828): 1-26, Pls. 1-6; part 2 (1829): 27-94, Pls. 7-24; part 3 (1830):95-141, Pls. 25-35.]. [details]
original description (of Mugil vaigiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. <em>In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M.</em> 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Mugil occidentalis Castelnau, 1873) Castelnau, F. L. (1873). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. Nos. III thru IX [with subtitles, indexed as one work]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> 2: 37-158. [Also as part of a separate, Melbourne, 1872.].
page(s): 135 [details]
original description (of Mugil ventricosus Castelnau, 1875) Castelnau, F. L. (1875). Researches on the fishes of Australia.Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria. <em>Intercolonial Exhibition Essays.</em> Part VII (II): 1-52.
page(s): 32 [details]
original description (of Mugil tegobuan Montrouzier, 1857) Montrouzier, X. (1857). Essai sur le faune de l'île de Woodlark ou Moiou. Ichthyologie. <em>Annales de la Société d'Agriculture, Histoire Naturelle et Arts Utiles de Lyon (sér. 2).</em> v. 8 (1856): 417-504. [details]
original description (of Mugil rossii Bleeker, 1854) Bleeker, P. (1854). Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van de Kokos-eilanden. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 7 (no. 1): 37-48. [details]
original description (of Mugil melanochir Valenciennes, 1836) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1836). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome onzième. Livre treizième. De la famille des Mugiloïdes. Livre quatorzième. De la famille des Gobioïdes.</em> v. 11: i-xx + 1-506 + 2 pp., Pls. 307-343. [details]
basis of record MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details]
original description (of Mugil vaigiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. <em>In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M.</em> 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Mugil occidentalis Castelnau, 1873) Castelnau, F. L. (1873). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. Nos. III thru IX [with subtitles, indexed as one work]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> 2: 37-158. [Also as part of a separate, Melbourne, 1872.].
page(s): 135 [details]
original description (of Mugil ventricosus Castelnau, 1875) Castelnau, F. L. (1875). Researches on the fishes of Australia.Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria. <em>Intercolonial Exhibition Essays.</em> Part VII (II): 1-52.
page(s): 32 [details]
original description (of Mugil tegobuan Montrouzier, 1857) Montrouzier, X. (1857). Essai sur le faune de l'île de Woodlark ou Moiou. Ichthyologie. <em>Annales de la Société d'Agriculture, Histoire Naturelle et Arts Utiles de Lyon (sér. 2).</em> v. 8 (1856): 417-504. [details]
original description (of Mugil rossii Bleeker, 1854) Bleeker, P. (1854). Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van de Kokos-eilanden. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 7 (no. 1): 37-48. [details]
original description (of Mugil melanochir Valenciennes, 1836) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1836). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome onzième. Livre treizième. De la famille des Mugiloïdes. Livre quatorzième. De la famille des Gobioïdes.</em> v. 11: i-xx + 1-506 + 2 pp., Pls. 307-343. [details]
basis of record MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [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). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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 (64 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Liza vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Chelon vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Mugil vaigiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) (from synonym Mugil macrolepidotus Rüppell, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Mugil occidentalis Castelnau, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (49 publications) (from synonym Mugil waigiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Liza vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ellochelon vaigiensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Chelon vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Liza vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825))
To FishBase (from synonym Liza vaigensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825))
To FishBase (from synonym Mugil ventricosus Castelnau, 1875)
To FishBase (from synonym Mugil tegobuan Montrouzier, 1857)
To FishBase (from synonym Mugil rossii Bleeker, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Mugil melanochir Valenciennes, 1836)
To Fishbase (from synonym Mugil delicatus Jouan, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Mugil waigiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
To FishBase (from synonym Mugil vaigiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
To FishBase (from synonym Mugil occidentalis Castelnau, 1873)
To FishBase (from synonym Mugil macrolepidotus Rüppell, 1830)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (122 nucleotides; 89 proteins)
To GenBank (122 nucleotides; 89 proteins) (from synonym Liza vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825))
To GenBank (122 nucleotides; 89 proteins) (from synonym Mugil vaigiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Liza vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ellochelon vaigiensis FIN030979 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ellochelon vaigiensis FIN030980 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Liza vaigiensis USNM 439828 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Liza vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Liza vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Chelon vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Mugil vaigiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) (from synonym Mugil macrolepidotus Rüppell, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Mugil occidentalis Castelnau, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (49 publications) (from synonym Mugil waigiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Liza vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ellochelon vaigiensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Chelon vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Liza vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825))
To FishBase (from synonym Liza vaigensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825))
To FishBase (from synonym Mugil ventricosus Castelnau, 1875)
To FishBase (from synonym Mugil tegobuan Montrouzier, 1857)
To FishBase (from synonym Mugil rossii Bleeker, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Mugil melanochir Valenciennes, 1836)
To Fishbase (from synonym Mugil delicatus Jouan, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Mugil waigiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
To FishBase (from synonym Mugil vaigiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
To FishBase (from synonym Mugil occidentalis Castelnau, 1873)
To FishBase (from synonym Mugil macrolepidotus Rüppell, 1830)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (122 nucleotides; 89 proteins)
To GenBank (122 nucleotides; 89 proteins) (from synonym Liza vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825))
To GenBank (122 nucleotides; 89 proteins) (from synonym Mugil vaigiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Liza vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ellochelon vaigiensis FIN030979 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ellochelon vaigiensis FIN030980 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Liza vaigiensis USNM 439828 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Liza vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825))
Unreviewed
