WoRMS taxon details
Marilyna darwinii (Castelnau, 1873)
281520 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281520)
accepted
Species
Tetraodon darwinii Castelnau, 1873 · unaccepted
Tetraodon fasciatus MacLeay, 1878 · unaccepted
Tetrodon darwinii Castelnau, 1873 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Tetrodon fasciatus MacLeay, 1878 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tetrodon darwinii Castelnau, 1873) Castelnau, F. L. (1873). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. Nos. III thru IX [with subtitles, indexed as one work]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> 2: 37-158. [Also as part of a separate, Melbourne, 1872.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48423160#page/47/mode/1up [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Marilyna darwinii (Castelnau, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281520 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tetraodon darwinii Castelnau, 1873) Castelnau, F. L. (1873). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. Nos. III thru IX [with subtitles, indexed as one work]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> 2: 37-158. [Also as part of a separate, Melbourne, 1872.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48423160#page/47/mode/1up
page(s): 94 [details]
original description (of Tetrodon darwinii Castelnau, 1873) Castelnau, F. L. (1873). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. Nos. III thru IX [with subtitles, indexed as one work]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> 2: 37-158. [Also as part of a separate, Melbourne, 1872.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48423160#page/47/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Tetrodon fasciatus MacLeay, 1878) Macleay, W. (1878). The fishes of Port Darwin. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 2 (pt 4): 344-367, Pls. 7-10. [details]
page(s): 94 [details]
original description (of Tetrodon darwinii Castelnau, 1873) Castelnau, F. L. (1873). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. Nos. III thru IX [with subtitles, indexed as one work]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> 2: 37-158. [Also as part of a separate, Melbourne, 1872.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48423160#page/47/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Tetrodon fasciatus MacLeay, 1878) Macleay, W. (1878). The fishes of Port Darwin. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 2 (pt 4): 344-367, Pls. 7-10. [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 (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tetrodon darwinii Castelnau, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications) (from synonym Tetrodon fasciatus MacLeay, 1878)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Marilyna darwinii)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetraodon fasciatus MacLeay, 1878)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrodon fasciatus MacLeay, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetraodon darwinii Castelnau, 1873)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrodon darwinii Castelnau, 1873)
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 56 proteins) (from synonym Tetrodon darwinii Castelnau, 1873)
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 56 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Marilyna darwinii USNM 393448 radiograph caudal area close up)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Marilyna darwinii USNM 393448 radiograph lateral view, 3 specimens)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tetrodon darwinii Castelnau, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications) (from synonym Tetrodon fasciatus MacLeay, 1878)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Marilyna darwinii)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetraodon fasciatus MacLeay, 1878)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrodon fasciatus MacLeay, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetraodon darwinii Castelnau, 1873)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrodon darwinii Castelnau, 1873)
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 56 proteins) (from synonym Tetrodon darwinii Castelnau, 1873)
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 56 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Marilyna darwinii USNM 393448 radiograph caudal area close up)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Marilyna darwinii USNM 393448 radiograph lateral view, 3 specimens)
To ITIS
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