WoRMS taxon details
Paraplotosus albilabris (Valenciennes, 1840)
282097 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282097)
accepted
Species
Copidoglanis longifilis MacLeay, 1881 · unaccepted
Paraplotosus albilabrus (Valenciennes, 1840) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Plotosus albilabris Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
Plotosus macrophthalmus Bleeker, 1846 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Plotosus albilabris Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. v. 15: i-xxxi + 1-540, Pls. 421-455. [Valenciennes authored volume. i-xxiv + 1-397 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Paraplotosus albilabris (Valenciennes, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282097 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Plotosus albilabris Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. v. 15: i-xxxi + 1-540, Pls. 421-455. [Valenciennes authored volume. i-xxiv + 1-397 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
original description (of Plotosus macrophthalmus Bleeker, 1846) Bleeker, P. (1846). Siluroideorum bataviensium conspectus diagnosticus. [Inside title: Overzigt der Siluroieden, welke te Batavia voorkomen.]. <em>Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.</em> v. 21 (art. 5): 1-60. [details]
original description (of Copidoglanis longifilis MacLeay, 1881) Macleay, W. (1881). Descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia.Part IV. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 6 (pt 2): 202-387., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.11870 [details]
original description (of Plotosus macrophthalmus Bleeker, 1846) Bleeker, P. (1846). Siluroideorum bataviensium conspectus diagnosticus. [Inside title: Overzigt der Siluroieden, welke te Batavia voorkomen.]. <em>Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.</em> v. 21 (art. 5): 1-60. [details]
original description (of Copidoglanis longifilis MacLeay, 1881) Macleay, W. (1881). Descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia.Part IV. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 6 (pt 2): 202-387., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.11870 [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Plotosus macrophthalmus Bleeker, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Plotosus albilabris Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Copidoglanis longifilis MacLeay, 1881)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paraplotosus albilabris)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Plotosus albilabris Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Copidoglanis longifilis MacLeay, 1881)
To FishBase (from synonym Plotosus macrophthalmus Bleeker, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Paraplotosus albilabrus (Valenciennes, 1840))
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Plotosus albilabris Valenciennes, 1840)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Copidoglanis longifilis RAD115730-001) (from synonym Copidoglanis longifilis MacLeay, 1881)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Copidoglanis longifilis RAD115730-002) (from synonym Copidoglanis longifilis MacLeay, 1881)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paraplotosus albilabris RAD115674-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paraplotosus albilabris USNM 173546 radiograph ventral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plotosus albilabris RAD115727-001) (from synonym Plotosus albilabris Valenciennes, 1840)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plotosus albilabris RAD115727-002) (from synonym Plotosus albilabris Valenciennes, 1840)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Plotosus macrophthalmus Bleeker, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Plotosus albilabris Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Copidoglanis longifilis MacLeay, 1881)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paraplotosus albilabris)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Plotosus albilabris Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Copidoglanis longifilis MacLeay, 1881)
To FishBase (from synonym Plotosus macrophthalmus Bleeker, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Paraplotosus albilabrus (Valenciennes, 1840))
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Plotosus albilabris Valenciennes, 1840)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Copidoglanis longifilis RAD115730-001) (from synonym Copidoglanis longifilis MacLeay, 1881)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Copidoglanis longifilis RAD115730-002) (from synonym Copidoglanis longifilis MacLeay, 1881)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paraplotosus albilabris RAD115674-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paraplotosus albilabris USNM 173546 radiograph ventral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plotosus albilabris RAD115727-001) (from synonym Plotosus albilabris Valenciennes, 1840)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plotosus albilabris RAD115727-002) (from synonym Plotosus albilabris Valenciennes, 1840)
To ITIS
