WoRMS taxon details
Erisphex philippinus (Fowler, 1938)
280702 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280702)
accepted
Species
Aploactoides philippinus Fowler, 1938 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Aploactoides philippinus Fowler, 1938) Fowler, H. W. (1938). Descriptions of new fishes obtained by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross", chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 85 (3032): 31-135., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.85-3032.31 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Erisphex philippinus (Fowler, 1938). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280702 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Aploactoides philippinus Fowler, 1938) Fowler, H. W. (1938). Descriptions of new fishes obtained by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross", chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 85 (3032): 31-135., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.85-3032.31 [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 (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.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]
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 (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Aploactoides philippinus Fowler, 1938)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Erisphex philippinus)
To FishBase (from synonym Aploactoides philippinus Fowler, 1938)
To FishBase
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Aploactoides philippinus Fowler, 1938)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aploactoides philippines P00850 illustration) (from synonym Aploactoides philippinus Fowler, 1938)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Erisphex philippinus USNM 424583 photograph head lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Erisphex philippinus USNM 424583 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Aploactoides philippinus Fowler, 1938)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Erisphex philippinus)
To FishBase (from synonym Aploactoides philippinus Fowler, 1938)
To FishBase
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Aploactoides philippinus Fowler, 1938)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aploactoides philippines P00850 illustration) (from synonym Aploactoides philippinus Fowler, 1938)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Erisphex philippinus USNM 424583 photograph head lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Erisphex philippinus USNM 424583 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
