WoRMS taxon details
Neoniphon opercularis (Valenciennes, 1831)
217929 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217929)
accepted
Species
Flammeo opercularis (Valenciennes, 1831) · unaccepted
Holocentrum operculare Valenciennes, 1831 · unaccepted
Holocentrus opercularis (Valenciennes, 1831) · unaccepted
Kutaflammeo opercularis (Valenciennes, 1831) · unaccepted
Neoniphon openrcularis (Valenciennes, 1831) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Holocentrum operculare Valenciennes, 1831) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1831). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome septième. Livre septième. Des Squamipennes. Livre huitième. Des poissons à pharyngiens labyrinthiformes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 7: i-xxix + 1-531, Pls. 170-208. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-440, Valenciennes 441-531. i-xxii + 1-399 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
Description Occurs in subtidal reef flats and lagoon and seaward reefs to depths of at least 20 m. Large spine at the corner of...
Description Occurs in subtidal reef flats and lagoon and seaward reefs to depths of at least 20 m. Large spine at the corner of preopercle is venomous. Feeds mainly on benthic crabs and shrimps. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Neoniphon opercularis (Valenciennes, 1831). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217929 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Holocentrum operculare Valenciennes, 1831) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1831). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome septième. Livre septième. Des Squamipennes. Livre huitième. Des poissons à pharyngiens labyrinthiformes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 7: i-xxix + 1-531, Pls. 170-208. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-440, Valenciennes 441-531. i-xxii + 1-399 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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] 
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Occurs in subtidal reef flats and lagoon and seaward reefs to depths of at least 20 m. Large spine at the corner of preopercle is venomous. Feeds mainly on benthic crabs and shrimps. [details]
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Holocentrus opercularis (Valenciennes, 1831))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Holocentrum operculare Valenciennes, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Flammeo opercularis (Valenciennes, 1831))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Flammeo opercularis (Valenciennes, 1831))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Neoniphon opercularis)
To FishBase (from synonym Holocentrus opercularis (Valenciennes, 1831))
To FishBase (from synonym Flammeo opercularis (Valenciennes, 1831))
To FishBase (from synonym Holocentrum operculare Valenciennes, 1831)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Kutaflammeo opercularis (Valenciennes, 1831))
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 32 proteins)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Holocentrum operculare Valenciennes, 1831)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Neoniphon opercularis RAD118555-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Neoniphon opercularis RAD118555-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Holocentrus opercularis (Valenciennes, 1831))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Holocentrum operculare Valenciennes, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Flammeo opercularis (Valenciennes, 1831))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Flammeo opercularis (Valenciennes, 1831))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Neoniphon opercularis)
To FishBase (from synonym Holocentrus opercularis (Valenciennes, 1831))
To FishBase (from synonym Flammeo opercularis (Valenciennes, 1831))
To FishBase (from synonym Holocentrum operculare Valenciennes, 1831)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Kutaflammeo opercularis (Valenciennes, 1831))
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 32 proteins)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Holocentrum operculare Valenciennes, 1831)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Neoniphon opercularis RAD118555-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Neoniphon opercularis RAD118555-001)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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