WoRMS taxon details
Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794)
281072 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281072)
accepted
Species
Saccobranchus fossilis (Bloch, 1794) · unaccepted
Saccobranchus microcephalus Günther, 1864 · unaccepted
Saccobranchus singio (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted
Silurus biserratus Swainson, 1839 · unaccepted
Silurus fossilis Bloch, 1794 · unaccepted
Silurus laticeps Swainson, 1838 · unaccepted
Silurus singio Hamilton, 1822 · unaccepted
(of Silurus fossilis Bloch, 1794) Bloch, M. E. (1794). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 8. i-iv + 1-174, Pls. 361-396. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281072 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Silurus biserratus Swainson, 1839) Swainson, W. (1839). On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. <em>Spottiswoode & Co., London.</em> v. 2: i-vi + 1-452. [details]
original description (of Silurus singio Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6897
page(s): 147, 374, Pl. 37 (fig. 46) [details]
original description (of Silurus fossilis Bloch, 1794) Bloch, M. E. (1794). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 8. i-iv + 1-174, Pls. 361-396. [details]
original description (of Saccobranchus microcephalus Günther, 1864) Günther, A. (1864). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455. [details]
original description (of Silurus singio Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6897
page(s): 147, 374, Pl. 37 (fig. 46) [details]
original description (of Silurus fossilis Bloch, 1794) Bloch, M. E. (1794). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 8. i-iv + 1-174, Pls. 361-396. [details]
original description (of Saccobranchus microcephalus Günther, 1864) Günther, A. (1864). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455. [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 Barcode of Life (169 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Silurus biserratus Swainson, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Silurus singio Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Saccobranchus microcephalus Günther, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Silurus laticeps Swainson, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Saccobranchus singio (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications) (from synonym Silurus fossilis Bloch, 1794)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (86 publications) (from synonym Saccobranchus fossilis (Bloch, 1794))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Heteropneustes fossilis)
To Fishbase (from synonym Silurus fossilis Bloch, 1794)
To Fishbase (from synonym Silurus biserratus Swainson, 1839)
To Fishbase (from synonym Saccobranchus fossilis (Bloch, 1794))
To Fishbase (from synonym Silurus laticeps Swainson, 1838)
To Fishbase (from synonym Saccobranchus microcephalus Günther, 1864)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (460 nucleotides; 444 proteins)
To GenBank (460 nucleotides; 444 proteins) (from synonym Silurus fossilis Bloch, 1794)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Saccobranchus microcephalus Günther, 1864; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2596637) (from synonym Saccobranchus microcephalus Günther, 1864)
To NHMUK collection (Saccobranchus singio (Hamilton, 1822); SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2589881) (from synonym Saccobranchus singio (Hamilton, 1822))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Silurus biserratus Swainson, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Silurus singio Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Saccobranchus microcephalus Günther, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Silurus laticeps Swainson, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Saccobranchus singio (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications) (from synonym Silurus fossilis Bloch, 1794)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (86 publications) (from synonym Saccobranchus fossilis (Bloch, 1794))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Heteropneustes fossilis)
To Fishbase (from synonym Silurus fossilis Bloch, 1794)
To Fishbase (from synonym Silurus biserratus Swainson, 1839)
To Fishbase (from synonym Saccobranchus fossilis (Bloch, 1794))
To Fishbase (from synonym Silurus laticeps Swainson, 1838)
To Fishbase (from synonym Saccobranchus microcephalus Günther, 1864)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (460 nucleotides; 444 proteins)
To GenBank (460 nucleotides; 444 proteins) (from synonym Silurus fossilis Bloch, 1794)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Saccobranchus microcephalus Günther, 1864; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2596637) (from synonym Saccobranchus microcephalus Günther, 1864)
To NHMUK collection (Saccobranchus singio (Hamilton, 1822); SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2589881) (from synonym Saccobranchus singio (Hamilton, 1822))
To ITIS
