WoRMS taxon details
Meiacanthus oualanensis (Günther, 1880)
279316 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279316)
accepted
Species
Meiacanthus ovalauensis (Günther, 1880) · unaccepted
Petroscirtes auratus Seale, 1936 · unaccepted
Petroscirtes oualanensis Günther, 1880 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Petroscirtes oualanensis Günther, 1880) Günther, A. (1880). Report on the shore fishes procured during the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger in the years 1873-1876. In: Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Zoology.</em> v. 1 (pt 6): 1-82, Pls. 1-32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/145825 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Meiacanthus oualanensis (Günther, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279316 on 2025-06-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Petroscirtes auratus Seale, 1936) Seale, A. (1936). A new member of the blenny family. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4).</em> v. 23 (no. 6): 85-86. [details]
original description (of Petroscirtes oualanensis Günther, 1880) Günther, A. (1880). Report on the shore fishes procured during the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger in the years 1873-1876. In: Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Zoology.</em> v. 1 (pt 6): 1-82, Pls. 1-32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/145825 [details]
original description (of Petroscirtes oualanensis Günther, 1880) Günther, A. (1880). Report on the shore fishes procured during the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger in the years 1873-1876. In: Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Zoology.</em> v. 1 (pt 6): 1-82, Pls. 1-32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/145825 [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). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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) (from synonym Petroscirtes auratus Seale, 1936)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Meiacanthus ovalauensis (Günther, 1880))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Petroscirtes oualanensis Günther, 1880)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Meiacanthus oualanensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Petroscirtes oualanensis Günther, 1880)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Petroscirtes auratus Seale, 1936)
To FishBase (from synonym Meiacanthus ovalauensis (Günther, 1880))
To FishBase images (Meiacanthus ovalauensis, Fiji, by Randall, J.E.) (from synonym Meiacanthus ovalauensis (Günther, 1880))
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Petroscirtes oualanensis Günther, 1880)
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Meiacanthus oualanensis FIN027075 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Petroscirtes auratus Seale, 1936)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Meiacanthus ovalauensis (Günther, 1880))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Petroscirtes oualanensis Günther, 1880)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Meiacanthus oualanensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Petroscirtes oualanensis Günther, 1880)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Petroscirtes auratus Seale, 1936)
To FishBase (from synonym Meiacanthus ovalauensis (Günther, 1880))
To FishBase images (Meiacanthus ovalauensis, Fiji, by Randall, J.E.) (from synonym Meiacanthus ovalauensis (Günther, 1880))
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Petroscirtes oualanensis Günther, 1880)
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Meiacanthus oualanensis FIN027075 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
