WoRMS taxon details
Guentheridia formosa (Günther, 1870)
280944 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280944)
accepted
Species
Sphoeroides formosus (Günther, 1870) · unaccepted
Tetrodon formosus Günther, 1870 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tetrodon formosus Günther, 1870) Günther, A. (1870). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549., available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=1995 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Guentheridia formosa (Günther, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280944 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tetrodon formosus Günther, 1870) Günther, A. (1870). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549., available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=1995 [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
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 Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Tetrodon formosus Günther, 1870)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrodon formosus Günther, 1870)
To FishBase
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Guentheridia formosa USNM 78106 radiograph head)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Guentheridia formosa USNM 78106 radiograph head)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Tetrodon formosus Günther, 1870)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrodon formosus Günther, 1870)
To FishBase
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Guentheridia formosa USNM 78106 radiograph head)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Guentheridia formosa USNM 78106 radiograph head)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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