WoRMS taxon details
Forsterygion capito (Jenyns, 1842)
712813 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:712813)
accepted
Species
Grahamina capito (Jenyns, 1842) · unaccepted
Tripterygion capito Jenyns, 1842 · unaccepted
Tripterygium jenningsi Hutton, 1879 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tripterygion capito Jenyns, 1842) Jenyns, L. (1840-1842). Fish. <em>In: The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R. N., during the years 1832 to 1836.</em> London: Smith, Elder, and Co. Issued in 4 parts. i-xvi + 1-172, Pls. 1-29. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Forsterygion capito (Jenyns, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=712813 on 2026-01-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tripterygion capito Jenyns, 1842) Jenyns, L. (1840-1842). Fish. <em>In: The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R. N., during the years 1832 to 1836.</em> London: Smith, Elder, and Co. Issued in 4 parts. i-xvi + 1-172, Pls. 1-29. [details]
original description (of Tripterygium jenningsi Hutton, 1879) Hutton, F. W. (1879). Notes on a Collection from the Auckland Islands and Campbell Island. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 38: 337-343., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_11/rsnz_11_00_003700.html [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Tripterygium jenningsi Hutton, 1879) Hutton, F. W. (1879). Notes on a Collection from the Auckland Islands and Campbell Island. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 38: 337-343., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_11/rsnz_11_00_003700.html [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). 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 Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Grahamina capito (Jenyns, 1842))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Tripterygion capito Jenyns, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Tripterygium jenningsi Hutton, 1879)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Forsterygion capito)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Tripterygium jenningsi Hutton, 1879)
To FishBase (from synonym Grahamina capito (Jenyns, 1842))
To FishBase (from synonym Tripterygion capito Jenyns, 1842)
To GenBank (277 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Grahamina capito (Jenyns, 1842))
To GenBank (277 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Tripterygion capito Jenyns, 1842)
To GenBank (277 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Tripterygion capito Jenyns, 1842; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2502675) (from synonym Tripterygion capito Jenyns, 1842)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Forsterygion capito RAD107598-001)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Tripterygion capito Jenyns, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Tripterygium jenningsi Hutton, 1879)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Forsterygion capito)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Tripterygium jenningsi Hutton, 1879)
To FishBase (from synonym Grahamina capito (Jenyns, 1842))
To FishBase (from synonym Tripterygion capito Jenyns, 1842)
To GenBank (277 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Grahamina capito (Jenyns, 1842))
To GenBank (277 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Tripterygion capito Jenyns, 1842)
To GenBank (277 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Tripterygion capito Jenyns, 1842; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2502675) (from synonym Tripterygion capito Jenyns, 1842)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Forsterygion capito RAD107598-001)
