WoRMS taxon details
Mordacia mordax (Richardson, 1846)
281595 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281595)
accepted
Species
Petromyzon mordax Richardson, 1846 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Petromyzon mordax Richardson, 1846) Richardson, J. (1844-1848). Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R. N., F. R. S. <em>In: J. Richardson & J. E. Gray (eds.): The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843. E. W. Janson, London.</em> v. 2 (2): i-viii + 1-139, Pls. 1-60. [1844: 1-16; 1845: 17-52; 1846: 53-74; 1848: i-viii + 75-139. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Mordacia mordax (Richardson, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281595 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Petromyzon mordax Richardson, 1846) Richardson, J. (1844-1848). Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R. N., F. R. S. <em>In: J. Richardson & J. E. Gray (eds.): The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843. E. W. Janson, London.</em> v. 2 (2): i-viii + 1-139, Pls. 1-60. [1844: 1-16; 1845: 17-52; 1846: 53-74; 1848: i-viii + 75-139. [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 (13 publications) (from synonym Petromyzon mordax Richardson, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (72 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mordacia mordax)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Petromyzon mordax Richardson, 1846)
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 89 proteins)
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 89 proteins) (from synonym Petromyzon mordax Richardson, 1846)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Petromyzon mordax Richardson, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (72 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mordacia mordax)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Petromyzon mordax Richardson, 1846)
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 89 proteins)
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 89 proteins) (from synonym Petromyzon mordax Richardson, 1846)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
