WoRMS taxon details
Myoxocephalus thompsonii (Girard, 1851)
567535 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:567535)
accepted
Species
Myoxocephalus thompsoni (Girard, 1851) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Triglopsis thompsonii Girard, 1851 · unaccepted (synonym)
(of Triglopsis thompsonii Girard, 1851) Girard, C. F. (1851). A new genus of American cottoids. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> v. 4 (1851-1854): 18-19. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Myoxocephalus thompsonii (Girard, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567535 on 2026-01-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Triglopsis thompsonii Girard, 1851) Girard, C. F. (1851). A new genus of American cottoids. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> v. 4 (1851-1854): 18-19. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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] 
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Myoxocephalus thompsonii)
To FishBase (from synonym Triglopsis thompsonii Girard, 1851)
To GenBank (85 nucleotides; 83 proteins) (from synonym Triglopsis thompsonii Girard, 1851)
To GenBank (85 nucleotides; 83 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Myoxocephalus thompsonii)
To FishBase (from synonym Triglopsis thompsonii Girard, 1851)
To GenBank (85 nucleotides; 83 proteins) (from synonym Triglopsis thompsonii Girard, 1851)
To GenBank (85 nucleotides; 83 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS