WoRMS name details

Osopsaron natalensis Nelson, 1982

219142 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219142)

 unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Nelson, J. S. (1982). Pteropsaron heemstrai and Osopsaron natalensis (Perciformes: Percophidae), new fish species from South Africa, with comments on Squamicreedia obtusa from Australia and on the classification of the subfamily Hemerocoetinae. <em>The J.L.B Smith Institute of Ichthyology Special Publication.</em> No. 25: 1-11. [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Osopsaron natalensis Nelson, 1982. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219142 on 2026-07-10
Date
action
by
2002-01-02 17:49:40Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
2009-06-15 15:21:11Z
changed

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Nomenclature

original description Nelson, J. S. (1982). Pteropsaron heemstrai and Osopsaron natalensis (Perciformes: Percophidae), new fish species from South Africa, with comments on Squamicreedia obtusa from Australia and on the classification of the subfamily Hemerocoetinae. <em>The J.L.B Smith Institute of Ichthyology Special Publication.</em> No. 25: 1-11. [details] 

basis of record 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