WoRMS taxon details
Phosichthys argenteus Hutton, 1872
220007 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220007)
accepted
Species
Photichthys argenteus Hutton, 1872 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Hutton, F. W. (1872). Fishes of New Zealand. Catalogue with diagnoses of the species. <em>Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department. Wellington.</em> 1-93 + 95-133, Pls. 1-12. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Phosichthys argenteus Hutton, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220007 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Hutton, F. W. (1872). Fishes of New Zealand. Catalogue with diagnoses of the species. <em>Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department. Wellington.</em> 1-93 + 95-133, Pls. 1-12. [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]
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 (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (42 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Photichthys argenteus Hutton, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Phosichthys argenteus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Photichthys argenteus Hutton, 1872)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Photichthys argenteus P10711 illustration) (from synonym Photichthys argenteus Hutton, 1872)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Photichthys argenteus RAD113481-001) (from synonym Photichthys argenteus Hutton, 1872)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Photichthys argenteus Hutton, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Phosichthys argenteus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Photichthys argenteus Hutton, 1872)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Photichthys argenteus P10711 illustration) (from synonym Photichthys argenteus Hutton, 1872)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Photichthys argenteus RAD113481-001) (from synonym Photichthys argenteus Hutton, 1872)
To ITIS