WoRMS taxon details
Lycothrissa crocodilus (Bleeker, 1850)
281450 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281450)
accepted
Species
Engraulis crocodilus Bleeker, 1850 · unaccepted (synonym)
(of Engraulis crocodilus Bleeker, 1850) Bleeker, P. (1850). Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Borneo, met beschrijving van 16 nieuwe soorten van zoetwatervisschen. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 1 (no. 1): 1-16. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Lycothrissa crocodilus (Bleeker, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281450 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Engraulis crocodilus Bleeker, 1850) Bleeker, P. (1850). Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Borneo, met beschrijving van 16 nieuwe soorten van zoetwatervisschen. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 1 (no. 1): 1-16. [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]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Engraulis crocodilus Bleeker, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lycothrissa crocodilus)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 29 proteins) (from synonym Engraulis crocodilus Bleeker, 1850)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Engraulis crocodilus Bleeker, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lycothrissa crocodilus)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 29 proteins) (from synonym Engraulis crocodilus Bleeker, 1850)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS