WoRMS taxon details
Ostorhinchus moluccensis (Valenciennes, 1832)
319879 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:319879)
accepted
Species
Apogon chrysosoma Bleeker, 1852 · unaccepted
Apogon molluccensis Valenciennes, 1832 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Apogon moluccensis Valenciennes, 1832 · unaccepted
Apogon monochrous Bleeker, 1856 · unaccepted
Apogon monocrous Bleeker, 1856 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Apogon ventrifasciatus Allen, Kuiter & Randall, 1994 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Apogon moluccensis Valenciennes, 1832) Valenciennes, A. (1832). Descriptions de plusieurs espèces nouvelles de poissons du genre Apogon. <em>Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris).</em> v. 1: 51-60, Pl. 4. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ostorhinchus moluccensis (Valenciennes, 1832). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=319879 on 2025-06-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Apogon monochrous Bleeker, 1856) Bleeker, P. (1856). Beschrijvingen van nieuwe of weinig bekende vischsoorten van Manado en Makassar, grootendeels verzameld op eene reis naar den Molukschen Archipel in het gevolg van den Gouverneur Generaal Duymaer van Twist. <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 1 (6): 1-80. [details]
original description (of Apogon moluccensis Valenciennes, 1832) Valenciennes, A. (1832). Descriptions de plusieurs espèces nouvelles de poissons du genre Apogon. <em>Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris).</em> v. 1: 51-60, Pl. 4. [details]
original description (of Apogon chrysosoma Bleeker, 1852) Bleeker, P. (1852). Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthijologische fauna van de Moluksche Eilanden. Visschen van Amboina en Ceram. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 3 (no. 2): 229-309. [details]
original description (of Apogon ventrifasciatus Allen, Kuiter & Randall, 1994) Allen, G. R.; Kuiter, R. H.; Randall, J. E. (1994). Descriptions of five new species of cardinalfishes (Apogonidae: <i>Apogon</i>) from Maumere Bay, Flores, Indonesia and surrounding regions. <em>Rev. Fr. Aquariol.</em> 21(1-2): 27-38. [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]
original description (of Apogon moluccensis Valenciennes, 1832) Valenciennes, A. (1832). Descriptions de plusieurs espèces nouvelles de poissons du genre Apogon. <em>Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris).</em> v. 1: 51-60, Pl. 4. [details]
original description (of Apogon chrysosoma Bleeker, 1852) Bleeker, P. (1852). Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthijologische fauna van de Moluksche Eilanden. Visschen van Amboina en Ceram. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 3 (no. 2): 229-309. [details]
original description (of Apogon ventrifasciatus Allen, Kuiter & Randall, 1994) Allen, G. R.; Kuiter, R. H.; Randall, J. E. (1994). Descriptions of five new species of cardinalfishes (Apogonidae: <i>Apogon</i>) from Maumere Bay, Flores, Indonesia and surrounding regions. <em>Rev. Fr. Aquariol.</em> 21(1-2): 27-38. [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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | セホシテンジクダイ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Apogon moluccensis Valenciennes, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Apogon ventrifasciatus Allen, Kuiter & Randall, 1994)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Apogon moluccensis Valenciennes, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Apogon monochrous Bleeker, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Apogon chrysosoma Bleeker, 1852)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Apogon ventrifasciatus Allen, Kuiter & Randall, 1994)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ostorhinchus moluccensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Apogon molluccensis Valenciennes, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Apogon monocrous Bleeker, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Apogon moluccensis Valenciennes, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Apogon monochrous Bleeker, 1856)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Apogon ventrifasciatus Allen, Kuiter & Randall, 1994)
To FishBase (from synonym Apogon chrysosoma Bleeker, 1852)
To FishBase images (Apogon moluccensis, Indonesia, by Randall, J.E.) (from synonym Apogon moluccensis Valenciennes, 1832)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Apogon ventrifasciatus Allen, Kuiter & Randall, 1994)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Apogon moluccensis Valenciennes, 1832)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ostorhinchus moluccensis FIN026424 Slide 120 mm)
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Apogon moluccensis Valenciennes, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Apogon ventrifasciatus Allen, Kuiter & Randall, 1994)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Apogon moluccensis Valenciennes, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Apogon monochrous Bleeker, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Apogon chrysosoma Bleeker, 1852)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Apogon ventrifasciatus Allen, Kuiter & Randall, 1994)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ostorhinchus moluccensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Apogon molluccensis Valenciennes, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Apogon monocrous Bleeker, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Apogon moluccensis Valenciennes, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Apogon monochrous Bleeker, 1856)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Apogon ventrifasciatus Allen, Kuiter & Randall, 1994)
To FishBase (from synonym Apogon chrysosoma Bleeker, 1852)
To FishBase images (Apogon moluccensis, Indonesia, by Randall, J.E.) (from synonym Apogon moluccensis Valenciennes, 1832)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Apogon ventrifasciatus Allen, Kuiter & Randall, 1994)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Apogon moluccensis Valenciennes, 1832)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ostorhinchus moluccensis FIN026424 Slide 120 mm)
