WoRMS taxon details
Genypterus maculatus (Tschudi, 1846)
278705 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:278705)
accepted
Species
Ophidium maculatum Tschudi, 1846 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophidium maculatum Tschudi, 1846) Tschudi, J. J. von. (1846). Ichthyologie. <em>. In: Untersuchungen über die Fauna Peruana. Scheitlin & Zollikofer, St. Gallen.</em> Pp. ii-xxx + 1-35, Pls. 1-6.1844-46, in 12 parts. [Parts 1-2 issued in 1844, 3-5 in 1845, 6-12 in 1846. Overall pp. 1-693. Fishes evidently all in 1846. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Genypterus maculatus (Tschudi, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278705 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ophidium maculatum Tschudi, 1846) Tschudi, J. J. von. (1846). Ichthyologie. <em>. In: Untersuchungen über die Fauna Peruana. Scheitlin & Zollikofer, St. Gallen.</em> Pp. ii-xxx + 1-35, Pls. 1-6.1844-46, in 12 parts. [Parts 1-2 issued in 1844, 3-5 in 1845, 6-12 in 1846. Overall pp. 1-693. Fishes evidently all in 1846. [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 (24 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Ophidium maculatum Tschudi, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Genypterus maculatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophidium maculatum Tschudi, 1846)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Ophidium maculatum Tschudi, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Genypterus maculatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophidium maculatum Tschudi, 1846)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
