WoRMS taxon details
Macrognathus aculeatus (Bloch, 1786)
281479 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281479)
accepted
Species
Macroganthus aculeatus (Bloch, 1786) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Macrognathus aculeata (Bloch, 1786) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Macrognathus aculeatum (Bloch, 1786) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Macrograthus aculeatus (Bloch, 1786) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Mastacembelus aculeatus (Bloch, 1786) · unaccepted
Ophidium aculeatum Bloch, 1786 · unaccepted (homonym)
Rhynchobdella aculeata (Bloch, 1786) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Rhynchobdella ocellata Cuvier, 1832 · unaccepted (synonym)
Rhyncobdella aculeata (Bloch, 1786) · unaccepted
Rhyncobdella ocellata Cuvier, 1832 · unaccepted
(of Ophidium aculeatum Bloch, 1786) Bloch, M. E. (1786). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 2: i-viii + 1-160, Pls. 145-180.
page(s): 72 [or 261], Pl. 159 (fig. 2) [details]
page(s): 72 [or 261], Pl. 159 (fig. 2) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Macrognathus aculeatus (Bloch, 1786). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281479 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ophidium aculeatum Bloch, 1786) Bloch, M. E. (1786). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 2: i-viii + 1-160, Pls. 145-180.
page(s): 72 [or 261], Pl. 159 (fig. 2) [details]
original description (of Rhynchobdella ocellata Cuvier, 1832) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1832). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome huitième. Livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 8: i-xix + 5 pp. + 1-509, Pls. 209-245. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-470; Valenciennes 471-509. Date of 1831 on title page. i-xv + 1-375 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 445, [Pl. 239?] [details]
page(s): 72 [or 261], Pl. 159 (fig. 2) [details]
original description (of Rhynchobdella ocellata Cuvier, 1832) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1832). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome huitième. Livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 8: i-xix + 5 pp. + 1-509, Pls. 209-245. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-470; Valenciennes 471-509. Date of 1831 on title page. i-xv + 1-375 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 445, [Pl. 239?] [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 (18 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (28 barcodes) (from synonym Mastacembelus aculeatus (Bloch, 1786))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Macrognathus aculeatum (Bloch, 1786))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Mastacembelus aculeatus (Bloch, 1786))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Rhyncobdella aculeata (Bloch, 1786))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Ophidium aculeatum Bloch, 1786)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications) (from synonym Rhynchobdella aculeata (Bloch, 1786))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Macrognathus aculeatus)
To Fishbase (from synonym Mastacembelus aculeatus (Bloch, 1786))
To Fishbase (from synonym Rhynchobdella aculeata (Bloch, 1786))
To Fishbase (from synonym Macrognathus aculeata (Bloch, 1786))
To Fishbase (from synonym Ophidium aculeatum Bloch, 1786)
To Fishbase (from synonym Rhyncobdella aculeata (Bloch, 1786))
To Fishbase (from synonym Macrognathus aculeatum (Bloch, 1786))
To Fishbase (from synonym Macroganthus aculeatus (Bloch, 1786))
To FishBase (from synonym Rhynchobdella ocellata Cuvier, 1832)
To GenBank (123 nucleotides; 125 proteins) (from synonym Mastacembelus aculeatus (Bloch, 1786))
To GenBank (123 nucleotides; 125 proteins) (from synonym Macrognathus aculeata (Bloch, 1786))
To GenBank (123 nucleotides; 125 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (28 barcodes) (from synonym Mastacembelus aculeatus (Bloch, 1786))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Macrognathus aculeatum (Bloch, 1786))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Mastacembelus aculeatus (Bloch, 1786))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Rhyncobdella aculeata (Bloch, 1786))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Ophidium aculeatum Bloch, 1786)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications) (from synonym Rhynchobdella aculeata (Bloch, 1786))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Macrognathus aculeatus)
To Fishbase (from synonym Mastacembelus aculeatus (Bloch, 1786))
To Fishbase (from synonym Rhynchobdella aculeata (Bloch, 1786))
To Fishbase (from synonym Macrognathus aculeata (Bloch, 1786))
To Fishbase (from synonym Ophidium aculeatum Bloch, 1786)
To Fishbase (from synonym Rhyncobdella aculeata (Bloch, 1786))
To Fishbase (from synonym Macrognathus aculeatum (Bloch, 1786))
To Fishbase (from synonym Macroganthus aculeatus (Bloch, 1786))
To FishBase (from synonym Rhynchobdella ocellata Cuvier, 1832)
To GenBank (123 nucleotides; 125 proteins) (from synonym Mastacembelus aculeatus (Bloch, 1786))
To GenBank (123 nucleotides; 125 proteins) (from synonym Macrognathus aculeata (Bloch, 1786))
To GenBank (123 nucleotides; 125 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
