WoRMS taxon details
Optivus elongatus (Günther, 1859)
281927 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281927)
accepted
Species
Hoplostethus elongatus (Günther, 1859) · unaccepted
Trachichthys elongatus Günther, 1859 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Trachichthys elongatus Günther, 1859) Günther, A. (1859). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gasterosteidae, Berycidae, Percidae, Aphredoderidae, Pristipomatidae, Mullidae, Sparidae. <em>London.</em> v. 1: i-xxxi + 1-524., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8809 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Optivus elongatus (Günther, 1859). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281927 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Trachichthys elongatus Günther, 1859) Günther, A. (1859). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gasterosteidae, Berycidae, Percidae, Aphredoderidae, Pristipomatidae, Mullidae, Sparidae. <em>London.</em> v. 1: i-xxxi + 1-524., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8809 [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]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Trachichthys elongatus Günther, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Hoplostethus elongatus (Günther, 1859))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Optivus elongatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Hoplostethus elongatus (Günther, 1859))
To FishBase (from synonym Trachichthys elongatus Günther, 1859)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Trachichthys elongatus Günther, 1859)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Optivus elongatus FIN034832 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Optivus elongatus FIN034833 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Trachichthys elongatus Günther, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Hoplostethus elongatus (Günther, 1859))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Optivus elongatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Hoplostethus elongatus (Günther, 1859))
To FishBase (from synonym Trachichthys elongatus Günther, 1859)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Trachichthys elongatus Günther, 1859)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Optivus elongatus FIN034832 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Optivus elongatus FIN034833 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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