WoRMS taxon details
Genypterus chilensis (Guichenot, 1848)
278704 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:278704)
accepted
Species
Conger chilensis Guichenot, 1848 · unaccepted
Genypterus nigricans Philippi, 1857 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Conger chilensis Guichenot, 1848) Guichenot, A. (1848). Fauna Chilena. Peces. <em>Pp. 137-370. In: C. Gay, Historia fisica y politica de Chile. Zoología.</em> v. 2. Paris & Santiago. ["Ictiologia" plates 1-11 are in Atlas, v. 2; of 2 sets of plates at CAS, 1 set has some figures in color. Plates published in 1854. Sometimes author given as Valenciennes.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Genypterus chilensis (Guichenot, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278704 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Conger chilensis Guichenot, 1848) Guichenot, A. (1848). Fauna Chilena. Peces. <em>Pp. 137-370. In: C. Gay, Historia fisica y politica de Chile. Zoología.</em> v. 2. Paris & Santiago. ["Ictiologia" plates 1-11 are in Atlas, v. 2; of 2 sets of plates at CAS, 1 set has some figures in color. Plates published in 1854. Sometimes author given as Valenciennes.]. [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 (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [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 (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Conger chilensis Guichenot, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Genypterus nigricans Philippi, 1857)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Genypterus chilensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Conger chilensis Guichenot, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Genypterus nigricans Philippi, 1857)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Conger chilensis Guichenot, 1848)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Conger chilensis Guichenot, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Genypterus nigricans Philippi, 1857)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Genypterus chilensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Conger chilensis Guichenot, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Genypterus nigricans Philippi, 1857)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Conger chilensis Guichenot, 1848)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
