WoRMS taxon details
Luxilus cornutus (Mitchill, 1817)
862600 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:862600)
accepted
Species
Argyreus rubripinnis Heckel, 1843 · unaccepted
Cyprinus cornutus Mitchill, 1817 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cyprinus haematopterus Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted
Cyprinus megalops Rafinesque, 1817 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cyprinus melanurus Rafinesque, 1817 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cyprinus trivittatus Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted (synonym)
Hypsilepis cornutus cyaneus Cope, 1868 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Leuciscus frontalis Agassiz, 1850 · unaccepted (synonym)
Leuciscus gracilis Agassiz, 1850 · unaccepted (synonym)
Leuciscus spirlingulus Valenciennes, 1844 · unaccepted (synonym)
Leuciscus vittatus DeKay, 1842 · unaccepted
Notropis cornutus (Mitchill, 1817) · unaccepted
Notropis cornutus frontalis (Agassiz, 1850) · unaccepted
Notropis cornutus notalis · uncertain > unassessed
Notropis universitatis Evermann & Cockerell, 1909 · unaccepted (synonym)
Plargyrus argentatus Girard, 1856 · unaccepted (synonym)
Plargyrus bowmani Girard, 1856 · unaccepted (synonym)
Rutilus compressus Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
(of Cyprinus cornutus Mitchill, 1817) Mitchill, S. L. (1817). Report on the ichthyology of the Wallkill, from specimens of fishes presented to the society (Lycieum of Natural History)....by Dr. B. Akerly. <em>American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review.</em> 1: 289-290.
page(s): 289 [details]
page(s): 289 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Luxilus cornutus (Mitchill, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=862600 on 2026-01-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Notropis universitatis Evermann & Cockerell, 1909) Evermann, B. W.; Cockerell, T. D. A. (1909). Descriptions of three new species of cyprinoid fishes. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> v. 22: 185-187. [details]
original description (of Leuciscus gracilis Agassiz, 1850) Agassiz, L. (1850). Lake Superior: its physical character, vegetation, and animals, compared with those of other and similar regions. By Louis Agassiz. With a narrative of the tour, by J. Elliot Cabot. And contributions by other scientific gentlemen. <em>Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, Boston.</em> i-x + 9-428, frontispiece + Pls. 1-16. [details]
original description (of Leuciscus frontalis Agassiz, 1850) Agassiz, L. (1850). Lake Superior: its physical character, vegetation, and animals, compared with those of other and similar regions. By Louis Agassiz. With a narrative of the tour, by J. Elliot Cabot. And contributions by other scientific gentlemen. <em>Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, Boston.</em> i-x + 9-428, frontispiece + Pls. 1-16. [details]
original description (of Leuciscus spirlingulus Valenciennes, 1844) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1844). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dix-septième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes.</em> 17(487-519): i-xxiii + 1-497 + 2 pp. [details]
original description (of Cyprinus megalops Rafinesque, 1817) Rafinesque, C. S. (1817). First decade of new North American fishes. <em>American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review.</em> 2 (2): 120-121.
page(s): 121 [details]
original description (of Cyprinus melanurus Rafinesque, 1817) Rafinesque, C. S. (1817). First decade of new North American fishes. <em>American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review.</em> 2 (2): 120-121.
page(s): 121 [details]
original description (of Cyprinus cornutus Mitchill, 1817) Mitchill, S. L. (1817). Report on the ichthyology of the Wallkill, from specimens of fishes presented to the society (Lycieum of Natural History)....by Dr. B. Akerly. <em>American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review.</em> 1: 289-290.
page(s): 289 [details]
original description (of Leuciscus vittatus DeKay, 1842) DeKay, J. E. (1842). Zoology of New-York, or the New-York fauna; comprising detailed descriptions of all the animals hitherto observed within the state of New-York, with brief notices of those occasionally found near its borders, and accompanied by appropriate illustrations. Part IV. Fishes. <em>W. & A. White & J. Visscher, Albany. (part of: Natural History of New York).</em> i-xv + 1-415, Pls. 1-79. [Plates in separate volume; fishes, Pls. 1-79 [most in color].]. [details]
original description (of Plargyrus bowmani Girard, 1856) Girard, C. F. (1856). Researches upon the cyprinoid fishes inhabiting the fresh waters of the United States, west of the Mississippi Valley, from specimens in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 8: 165-213.pp. 1-49,. [details]
original description (of Plargyrus argentatus Girard, 1856) Girard, C. F. (1856). Researches upon the cyprinoid fishes inhabiting the fresh waters of the United States, west of the Mississippi Valley, from specimens in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 8: 165-213.pp. 1-49,. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Leuciscus gracilis Agassiz, 1850) Agassiz, L. (1850). Lake Superior: its physical character, vegetation, and animals, compared with those of other and similar regions. By Louis Agassiz. With a narrative of the tour, by J. Elliot Cabot. And contributions by other scientific gentlemen. <em>Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, Boston.</em> i-x + 9-428, frontispiece + Pls. 1-16. [details]
original description (of Leuciscus frontalis Agassiz, 1850) Agassiz, L. (1850). Lake Superior: its physical character, vegetation, and animals, compared with those of other and similar regions. By Louis Agassiz. With a narrative of the tour, by J. Elliot Cabot. And contributions by other scientific gentlemen. <em>Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, Boston.</em> i-x + 9-428, frontispiece + Pls. 1-16. [details]
original description (of Leuciscus spirlingulus Valenciennes, 1844) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1844). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dix-septième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes.</em> 17(487-519): i-xxiii + 1-497 + 2 pp. [details]
original description (of Cyprinus megalops Rafinesque, 1817) Rafinesque, C. S. (1817). First decade of new North American fishes. <em>American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review.</em> 2 (2): 120-121.
page(s): 121 [details]
original description (of Cyprinus melanurus Rafinesque, 1817) Rafinesque, C. S. (1817). First decade of new North American fishes. <em>American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review.</em> 2 (2): 120-121.
page(s): 121 [details]
original description (of Cyprinus cornutus Mitchill, 1817) Mitchill, S. L. (1817). Report on the ichthyology of the Wallkill, from specimens of fishes presented to the society (Lycieum of Natural History)....by Dr. B. Akerly. <em>American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review.</em> 1: 289-290.
page(s): 289 [details]
original description (of Leuciscus vittatus DeKay, 1842) DeKay, J. E. (1842). Zoology of New-York, or the New-York fauna; comprising detailed descriptions of all the animals hitherto observed within the state of New-York, with brief notices of those occasionally found near its borders, and accompanied by appropriate illustrations. Part IV. Fishes. <em>W. & A. White & J. Visscher, Albany. (part of: Natural History of New York).</em> i-xv + 1-415, Pls. 1-79. [Plates in separate volume; fishes, Pls. 1-79 [most in color].]. [details]
original description (of Plargyrus bowmani Girard, 1856) Girard, C. F. (1856). Researches upon the cyprinoid fishes inhabiting the fresh waters of the United States, west of the Mississippi Valley, from specimens in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 8: 165-213.pp. 1-49,. [details]
original description (of Plargyrus argentatus Girard, 1856) Girard, C. F. (1856). Researches upon the cyprinoid fishes inhabiting the fresh waters of the United States, west of the Mississippi Valley, from specimens in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 8: 165-213.pp. 1-49,. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). 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 (90 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Luxilus cornutus)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cyprinus haematopterus Rafinesque, 1820)
To Fishbase (from synonym Leuciscus vittatus DeKay, 1842)
To Fishbase (from synonym Argyreus rubripinnis Heckel, 1843)
To Fishbase (from synonym Plargyrus argentatus Girard, 1856)
To Fishbase (from synonym Plargyrus bowmani Girard, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Leuciscus gracilis Agassiz, 1850)
To FishBase (from synonym Leuciscus frontalis Agassiz, 1850)
To FishBase (from synonym Leuciscus spirlingulus Valenciennes, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Rutilus compressus Rafinesque, 1820)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyprinus trivittatus Rafinesque, 1820)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyprinus megalops Rafinesque, 1817)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyprinus melanurus Rafinesque, 1817)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyprinus cornutus Mitchill, 1817)
To FishBase (from synonym Notropis universitatis Evermann & Cockerell, 1909)
To GenBank (94 nucleotides; 127 proteins) (from synonym Cyprinus cornutus Mitchill, 1817)
To GenBank (94 nucleotides; 127 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Notropis cornutus P09419 illustration) (from synonym Notropis cornutus (Mitchill, 1817))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Notropis universitatis USNM 64151 holotype photograph dorsal view) (from synonym Notropis universitatis Evermann & Cockerell, 1909)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Notropis universitatis USNM 64151 holotype photograph ventral view) (from synonym Notropis universitatis Evermann & Cockerell, 1909)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Luxilus cornutus)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cyprinus haematopterus Rafinesque, 1820)
To Fishbase (from synonym Leuciscus vittatus DeKay, 1842)
To Fishbase (from synonym Argyreus rubripinnis Heckel, 1843)
To Fishbase (from synonym Plargyrus argentatus Girard, 1856)
To Fishbase (from synonym Plargyrus bowmani Girard, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Leuciscus gracilis Agassiz, 1850)
To FishBase (from synonym Leuciscus frontalis Agassiz, 1850)
To FishBase (from synonym Leuciscus spirlingulus Valenciennes, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Rutilus compressus Rafinesque, 1820)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyprinus trivittatus Rafinesque, 1820)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyprinus megalops Rafinesque, 1817)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyprinus melanurus Rafinesque, 1817)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyprinus cornutus Mitchill, 1817)
To FishBase (from synonym Notropis universitatis Evermann & Cockerell, 1909)
To GenBank (94 nucleotides; 127 proteins) (from synonym Cyprinus cornutus Mitchill, 1817)
To GenBank (94 nucleotides; 127 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Notropis cornutus P09419 illustration) (from synonym Notropis cornutus (Mitchill, 1817))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Notropis universitatis USNM 64151 holotype photograph dorsal view) (from synonym Notropis universitatis Evermann & Cockerell, 1909)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Notropis universitatis USNM 64151 holotype photograph ventral view) (from synonym Notropis universitatis Evermann & Cockerell, 1909)
