WoRMS taxon details
Kyphosus sydneyanus (Günther, 1886)
273525 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273525)
accepted
Species
Cridorsa moonta Whitley, 1938 · unaccepted
Kyphosis sydneyanus (Günther, 1886) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Kyphosus diemenensis Scott, 1971 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pimelepterus meridionalis Ogilby, 1887 · unaccepted
Pimelepterus sydneyanus Günther, 1886 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pimelepterus sydneyanus Günther, 1886) Günther, A. (1886). Note on Pachymetopon and the Australian species of Pimelepterus. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5).</em> v. 18 (no. 107) (art. 36): 367-368., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938609459984 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Kyphosus sydneyanus (Günther, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273525 on 2026-02-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pimelepterus meridionalis Ogilby, 1887) Ogilby, J. D. (1887). On an undescribed Pimelepterus from Port Jackson. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1886 (pt 2) (art. 4) (for 7 Dec. 1886): 539-540. [details]
original description (of Pimelepterus sydneyanus Günther, 1886) Günther, A. (1886). Note on Pachymetopon and the Australian species of Pimelepterus. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5).</em> v. 18 (no. 107) (art. 36): 367-368., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938609459984 [details]
original description (of Kyphosus diemenensis Scott, 1971) Scott, E. O. G. (1971). Observations on some Tasmanian fishes - Part XVIII. <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 105: 119-143. [details]
original description (of Cridorsa moonta Whitley, 1938) Whitley, G. P. (1938). A new stromateiform fish from South Australia. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide).</em> v. 6 (no. 2): 159-161, Pl. 16. [details]
original description (of Pimelepterus sydneyanus Günther, 1886) Günther, A. (1886). Note on Pachymetopon and the Australian species of Pimelepterus. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5).</em> v. 18 (no. 107) (art. 36): 367-368., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938609459984 [details]
original description (of Kyphosus diemenensis Scott, 1971) Scott, E. O. G. (1971). Observations on some Tasmanian fishes - Part XVIII. <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 105: 119-143. [details]
original description (of Cridorsa moonta Whitley, 1938) Whitley, G. P. (1938). A new stromateiform fish from South Australia. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide).</em> v. 6 (no. 2): 159-161, Pl. 16. [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]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Kyphosis sydneyanus (Günther, 1886))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pimelepterus meridionalis Ogilby, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Pimelepterus sydneyanus Günther, 1886)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Kyphosus sydneyanus)
To FishBase (from synonym Pimelepterus meridionalis Ogilby, 1887)
To FishBase (from synonym Pimelepterus sydneyanus Günther, 1886)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Kyphosus diemenensis Scott, 1971)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cridorsa moonta Whitley, 1938)
To FishBase (from synonym Kyphosis sydneyanus (Günther, 1886))
To GenBank (83 nucleotides; 77 proteins) (from synonym Pimelepterus sydneyanus Günther, 1886)
To GenBank (83 nucleotides; 77 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NHMUK collection (Pimelepterus sydneyanus Günther, 1886; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3110852) (from synonym Pimelepterus sydneyanus Günther, 1886)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Kyphosis sydneyanus (Günther, 1886))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pimelepterus meridionalis Ogilby, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Pimelepterus sydneyanus Günther, 1886)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Kyphosus sydneyanus)
To FishBase (from synonym Pimelepterus meridionalis Ogilby, 1887)
To FishBase (from synonym Pimelepterus sydneyanus Günther, 1886)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Kyphosus diemenensis Scott, 1971)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cridorsa moonta Whitley, 1938)
To FishBase (from synonym Kyphosis sydneyanus (Günther, 1886))
To GenBank (83 nucleotides; 77 proteins) (from synonym Pimelepterus sydneyanus Günther, 1886)
To GenBank (83 nucleotides; 77 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NHMUK collection (Pimelepterus sydneyanus Günther, 1886; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3110852) (from synonym Pimelepterus sydneyanus Günther, 1886)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
