WoRMS taxon details
Festucalex erythraeus (Gilbert, 1905)
218008 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218008)
accepted
Species
Hippichthys amakusensis Tomiyama, 1972 · unaccepted
Ichthyocampus erythraeus Gilbert, 1905 · unaccepted
Ichthyocampus philippinus Fowler, 1938 · unaccepted
Ichthyocampus townsendi Duncker, 1915 · unaccepted
Ichthyocampus townsendii Duncker, 1915 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ichthyocampus erythraeus Gilbert, 1905) Gilbert, C. H. (1905). II. The deep-sea fishes of the Hawaiian Islands. <em>In: The aquatic resources of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]: 577-713, Pls. 66-101., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12839348#page/5/mode/1up [details]
Description Described from a single specimen taken by the Albatros in 1902 off the Hawaiian Island Molokai. It has since been found in...
Description Described from a single specimen taken by the Albatros in 1902 off the Hawaiian Island Molokai. It has since been found in Japanese waters. It is exported as an aquarium species from Hawaii. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Festucalex erythraeus (Gilbert, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218008 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Hippichthys amakusensis Tomiyama, 1972) Tomiyama, I. (1972). List of the fishes preserved in the Aitsu Marine Biological Station, Kumamoto University, with notes on some interesting species and descriptions of two new species. <em>Publications from the Amakusa Marine Biological Laboratory Kyushu University.</em> 3 (1): 1-21. [details]
original description (of Ichthyocampus erythraeus Gilbert, 1905) Gilbert, C. H. (1905). II. The deep-sea fishes of the Hawaiian Islands. <em>In: The aquatic resources of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]: 577-713, Pls. 66-101., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12839348#page/5/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Ichthyocampus 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]
original description (of Ichthyocampus townsendi Duncker, 1915) Duncker, G. (1915). Revision der Syngnathidae. Erster Teil. <em>Erster Teil. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen (Zoologischen) Museum in Hamburg.</em> v. 32: 9-120, 1 pl. [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]
original description (of Ichthyocampus erythraeus Gilbert, 1905) Gilbert, C. H. (1905). II. The deep-sea fishes of the Hawaiian Islands. <em>In: The aquatic resources of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]: 577-713, Pls. 66-101., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12839348#page/5/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Ichthyocampus 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]
original description (of Ichthyocampus townsendi Duncker, 1915) Duncker, G. (1915). Revision der Syngnathidae. Erster Teil. <em>Erster Teil. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen (Zoologischen) Museum in Hamburg.</em> v. 32: 9-120, 1 pl. [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] 
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Described from a single specimen taken by the Albatros in 1902 off the Hawaiian Island Molokai. It has since been found in Japanese waters. It is exported as an aquarium species from Hawaii. [details]
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Ichthyocampus erythraeus Gilbert, 1905)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Ichthyocampus philippinus Fowler, 1938)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Festucalex erythraeus)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippichthys amakusensis Tomiyama, 1972)
To FishBase (from synonym Ichthyocampus erythraeus Gilbert, 1905)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ichthyocampus townsendii Duncker, 1915)
To FishBase (from synonym Ichthyocampus townsendi Duncker, 1915)
To FishBase (from synonym Ichthyocampus philippinus Fowler, 1938)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Ichthyocampus erythraeus Gilbert, 1905)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ichthyocampus erythracus P13948 illustration) (from synonym Ichthyocampus erythraeus Gilbert, 1905)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Ichthyocampus erythraeus Gilbert, 1905)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Ichthyocampus philippinus Fowler, 1938)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Festucalex erythraeus)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippichthys amakusensis Tomiyama, 1972)
To FishBase (from synonym Ichthyocampus erythraeus Gilbert, 1905)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ichthyocampus townsendii Duncker, 1915)
To FishBase (from synonym Ichthyocampus townsendi Duncker, 1915)
To FishBase (from synonym Ichthyocampus philippinus Fowler, 1938)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Ichthyocampus erythraeus Gilbert, 1905)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ichthyocampus erythracus P13948 illustration) (from synonym Ichthyocampus erythraeus Gilbert, 1905)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
