WoRMS taxon details
Forsterygion varium (Forster, 1801)
280799 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280799)
accepted
Species
Blennius varius Forster, 1801 · unaccepted
Forsterygion multiradiatum Scott, 1977 · unaccepted
Tripterygion robustum Clarke, 1879 · unaccepted
Tripterygion varium (Forster, 1801) · unaccepted
Trypterigium robustum Clarke, 1879 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Blennius varius Forster, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 178 [details]
page(s): 178 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Forsterygion varium (Forster, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280799 on 2026-01-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Blennius varius Forster, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 178 [details]
original description (of Forsterygion multiradiatum Scott, 1977) Scott, E. O. G. (1977). Observations on some Tasmanian fishes: part XXIII. <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 111: 111-180. [details]
page(s): 178 [details]
original description (of Forsterygion multiradiatum Scott, 1977) Scott, E. O. G. (1977). Observations on some Tasmanian fishes: part XXIII. <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 111: 111-180. [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 (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [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 King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [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 King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tripterygion robustum Clarke, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Tripterygion varium (Forster, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Blennius varius Forster, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Trypterigium robustum Clarke, 1879)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Forsterygion varium)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Forsterygion multiradiatum Scott, 1977)
To FishBase (from synonym Trypterigium robustum Clarke, 1879)
To FishBase (from synonym Tripterygion varium (Forster, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Blennius varius Forster, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Tripterygion robustum Clarke, 1879)
To GenBank (99 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Tripterygion varium (Forster, 1801))
To GenBank (99 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (99 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Blennius varius Forster, 1801)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Forsterygion varium RAD107599-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Tripterygion varium (Forster, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Blennius varius Forster, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Trypterigium robustum Clarke, 1879)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Forsterygion varium)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Forsterygion multiradiatum Scott, 1977)
To FishBase (from synonym Trypterigium robustum Clarke, 1879)
To FishBase (from synonym Tripterygion varium (Forster, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Blennius varius Forster, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Tripterygion robustum Clarke, 1879)
To GenBank (99 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Tripterygion varium (Forster, 1801))
To GenBank (99 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (99 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Blennius varius Forster, 1801)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Forsterygion varium RAD107599-001)
To ITIS
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