WoRMS taxon details
Petroscirtes breviceps (Valenciennes, 1836)
219331 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219331)
accepted
Species
Aspidontus trossulus Jordan & Snyder, 1902 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Blennechis breviceps Valenciennes, 1836 · unaccepted (synonym)
Dasson trossulus (Jordan & Snyder, 1902) · unaccepted
Petroscirtes annamensis Chabanaud, 1924 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Blennechis breviceps Valenciennes, 1836) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1836). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome onzième. Livre treizième. De la famille des Mugiloïdes. Livre quatorzième. De la famille des Gobioïdes.</em> v. 11: i-xx + 1-506 + 2 pp., Pls. 307-343. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Petroscirtes breviceps (Valenciennes, 1836). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219331 on 2026-09-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Petroscirtes annamensis Chabanaud, 1924) Chabanaud, P. (1924). Descriptions d'une espèce nouvelle et d'une forme supposée nouvelle de poissons de mer de la côte d'Annam. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 1).</em> v. 30 (no. 5): 357-363. [details]
original description (of Blennechis breviceps Valenciennes, 1836) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1836). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome onzième. Livre treizième. De la famille des Mugiloïdes. Livre quatorzième. De la famille des Gobioïdes.</em> v. 11: i-xx + 1-506 + 2 pp., Pls. 307-343. [details]
original description (of Aspidontus trossulus Jordan & Snyder, 1902) Jordan, D. S.; Snyder J. O. (1902). A review of the blennoid fishes of Japan. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 25 (no. 1293): 441-504., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.25-1293.441 [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]
original description (of Blennechis breviceps Valenciennes, 1836) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1836). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome onzième. Livre treizième. De la famille des Mugiloïdes. Livre quatorzième. De la famille des Gobioïdes.</em> v. 11: i-xx + 1-506 + 2 pp., Pls. 307-343. [details]
original description (of Aspidontus trossulus Jordan & Snyder, 1902) Jordan, D. S.; Snyder J. O. (1902). A review of the blennoid fishes of Japan. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 25 (no. 1293): 441-504., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.25-1293.441 [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]
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
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
context source (Introduced species) Molnar, J.L., R.L. Gamboa, C. Revenga & M.D. Spalding. (2008). Assessing the global threat of invasive species to marine biodiversity. <em>Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.</em> 6(9): 485-492., available online at https://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationPractices/Marine/Pages/marineinvasives.aspx [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Introduced species) Molnar, J.L., R.L. Gamboa, C. Revenga & M.D. Spalding. (2008). Assessing the global threat of invasive species to marine biodiversity. <em>Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.</em> 6(9): 485-492., available online at https://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationPractices/Marine/Pages/marineinvasives.aspx [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ニジギンポ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Dasson trossulus (Jordan & Snyder, 1902))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Blennechis breviceps Valenciennes, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Blennechis breviceps Valenciennes, 1836)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Petroscirtes breviceps)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Blennechis breviceps Valenciennes, 1836)
To FishBase (from synonym Petroscirtes annamensis Chabanaud, 1924)
To FishBase (from synonym Dasson trossulus (Jordan & Snyder, 1902))
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 48 proteins) (from synonym Blennechis breviceps Valenciennes, 1836)
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 48 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Petroscirtes breviceps FIN027122 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Petroscirtes breviceps FIN027123 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Dasson trossulus (Jordan & Snyder, 1902))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Blennechis breviceps Valenciennes, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Blennechis breviceps Valenciennes, 1836)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Petroscirtes breviceps)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Blennechis breviceps Valenciennes, 1836)
To FishBase (from synonym Petroscirtes annamensis Chabanaud, 1924)
To FishBase (from synonym Dasson trossulus (Jordan & Snyder, 1902))
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 48 proteins) (from synonym Blennechis breviceps Valenciennes, 1836)
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 48 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Petroscirtes breviceps FIN027122 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Petroscirtes breviceps FIN027123 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
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