WoRMS taxon details
Phytichthys chirus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
282255 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282255)
accepted
Species
Xiphister chirus Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 · unaccepted
Xiphistes chirus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) · unaccepted
Xiphistes ulvae Jordan & Starks, 1895 · unaccepted
Xiphistes versicolor Gilbert & Burke, 1912 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Xiphister chirus Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) Jordan, D. S. ; Gilbert, C. H. (1880). Descriptions of new species of Xiphister and Apodichthys from Monterey, California. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 3 (no. 130): 135-140., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.3-130.135 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Phytichthys chirus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282255 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Xiphister chirus Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) Jordan, D. S. ; Gilbert, C. H. (1880). Descriptions of new species of Xiphister and Apodichthys from Monterey, California. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 3 (no. 130): 135-140., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.3-130.135 [details]
original description (of Xiphistes ulvae Jordan & Starks, 1895) Jordan, D. S.; Starks, E. C. (1895). The fishes of Puget Sound. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2).</em> v. 5: 785-855, Pls. 76-104. [details]
original description (of Xiphistes ulvae Jordan & Starks, 1895) Jordan, D. S.; Starks, E. C. (1895). The fishes of Puget Sound. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2).</em> v. 5: 785-855, Pls. 76-104. [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 Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Xiphister chirus Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Xiphistes chirus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Xiphistes versicolor Gilbert & Burke, 1912)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Xiphistes ulvae Jordan & Starks, 1895)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Phytichthys chirus)
To FishBase (from synonym Xiphister chirus Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Xiphistes versicolor Gilbert & Burke, 1912)
To FishBase (from synonym Xiphistes ulvae Jordan & Starks, 1895)
To FishBase (from synonym Xiphistes chirus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880))
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Xiphister chirus Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Phytichthys chirus RAD107630-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Phytichthys chirus RAD107630-002)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Xiphistes chirus P04317 illustration) (from synonym Xiphister chirus Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Xiphistes versicolor P04318 illustration) (from synonym Xiphistes versicolor Gilbert & Burke, 1912)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Xiphistes versicolor P04318 illustration) (from synonym Xiphistes versicolor Gilbert & Burke, 1912)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Xiphistes chirus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Xiphistes versicolor Gilbert & Burke, 1912)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Xiphistes ulvae Jordan & Starks, 1895)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Phytichthys chirus)
To FishBase (from synonym Xiphister chirus Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Xiphistes versicolor Gilbert & Burke, 1912)
To FishBase (from synonym Xiphistes ulvae Jordan & Starks, 1895)
To FishBase (from synonym Xiphistes chirus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880))
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Xiphister chirus Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Phytichthys chirus RAD107630-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Phytichthys chirus RAD107630-002)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Xiphistes chirus P04317 illustration) (from synonym Xiphister chirus Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Xiphistes versicolor P04318 illustration) (from synonym Xiphistes versicolor Gilbert & Burke, 1912)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Xiphistes versicolor P04318 illustration) (from synonym Xiphistes versicolor Gilbert & Burke, 1912)
To ITIS
