WoRMS taxon details
Ostracion cyanurus Rüppell, 1828
219909 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219909)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1828-30). Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meers. <em>Frankfurt am Main (Heinrich Ludwig Brönner).</em> 1-141 + 3 pp., Pls. 1-35. [Part 1 (1828): 1-26, Pls. 1-6; part 2 (1829): 27-94, Pls. 7-24; part 3 (1830):95-141, Pls. 25-35.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ostracion cyanurus Rüppell, 1828. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219909 on 2025-07-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1828-30). Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meers. <em>Frankfurt am Main (Heinrich Ludwig Brönner).</em> 1-141 + 3 pp., Pls. 1-35. [Part 1 (1828): 1-26, Pls. 1-6; part 2 (1829): 27-94, Pls. 7-24; part 3 (1830):95-141, Pls. 25-35.]. [details]
basis of record Randall, J. E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. <em>Immel Publishing.</em> [details]
basis of record Randall, J. E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. <em>Immel Publishing.</em> [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). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | bluetail trunkfish | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Ostracion cyanurus, Oman, by Field, R.)
To Fishipedia
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ostracion cyanurus USNM 395772 photograph dorsal view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ostracion cyanurus USNM 395772 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Ostracion cyanurus, Oman, by Field, R.)
To Fishipedia
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ostracion cyanurus USNM 395772 photograph dorsal view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ostracion cyanurus USNM 395772 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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Unreviewed
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