WoRMS taxon details
Hydrocynus forskahlii (Cuvier, 1819)
581706 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:581706)
accepted
Species
Hydrocynus forskahlli (Cuvier, 1819) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Hydrocynus forskali (Cuvier, 1819) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Hydrocynus forskalii (Cuvier, 1819) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Hydrocynus forskhalii (Cuvier, 1819) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Hydrocyon forskahlii Cuvier, 1819 · unaccepted
Hydrocyon forskali Cuvier, 1819 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Hydrocyon forskalli Cuvier, 1819 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
(of Hydrocyon forskahlii Cuvier, 1819) Cuvier, G. (1819). Sur les poissons du sous-genre Hydrocyn [sic], sur deux nouvelles espèces de Chalceus, sur trois nouvelles espèces du Serrasalmes, et sur l'Argentina glossodonta de Forskahl, qui est l'Albula gonorhynchus de Bloch. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (N. S.) (Série A) Zoologie.</em> 5: 351-379, Pls. 26-28.
page(s): 354, Pl. 28 (fig. 1) [details]
page(s): 354, Pl. 28 (fig. 1) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Hydrocynus forskahlii (Cuvier, 1819). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581706 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Hydrocyon forskahlii Cuvier, 1819) Cuvier, G. (1819). Sur les poissons du sous-genre Hydrocyn [sic], sur deux nouvelles espèces de Chalceus, sur trois nouvelles espèces du Serrasalmes, et sur l'Argentina glossodonta de Forskahl, qui est l'Albula gonorhynchus de Bloch. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (N. S.) (Série A) Zoologie.</em> 5: 351-379, Pls. 26-28.
page(s): 354, Pl. 28 (fig. 1) [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): 354, Pl. 28 (fig. 1) [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hydrocynus forskahlii)
To Fishbase (from synonym Hydrocyon forskahlii Cuvier, 1819)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Hydrocyon forskahlii Cuvier, 1819)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hydrocynus forskahlii)
To Fishbase (from synonym Hydrocyon forskahlii Cuvier, 1819)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Hydrocyon forskahlii Cuvier, 1819)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
