WoRMS taxon details
Sicyopterus stimpsoni (Gill, 1860)
277438 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:277438)
accepted
Species
Sicydium albotaeniatum Günther, 1877 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sicydium nigrescens Günther, 1880 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sicydium stimpsoni Gill, 1860 · unaccepted
Vitraria clarescens Jordan & Evermann, 1903 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Sicydium stimpsoni Gill, 1860) Gill, T. N. (1860). Conspectus piscium in expeditione ad oceanum Pacificum septentrionalem, C. Ringold et J. Rodgers ducibus, a Gulielmo Stimpson collectorum. Sicydianae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 12: 100-102. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Sicyopterus stimpsoni (Gill, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277438 on 2026-07-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Sicydium stimpsoni Gill, 1860) Gill, T. N. (1860). Conspectus piscium in expeditione ad oceanum Pacificum septentrionalem, C. Ringold et J. Rodgers ducibus, a Gulielmo Stimpson collectorum. Sicydianae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 12: 100-102. [details]
original description (of Vitraria clarescens Jordan & Evermann, 1903) Jordan, D. S.; Evermann B. W. (1903). Descriptions of new genera and species of fishes from the Hawaiian Islands. <em>Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> v. 22 (1902): 161-208. [details]
original description (of Vitraria clarescens Jordan & Evermann, 1903) Jordan, D. S.; Evermann B. W. (1903). Descriptions of new genera and species of fishes from the Hawaiian Islands. <em>Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> v. 22 (1902): 161-208. [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 (26 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Sicydium stimpsoni Gill, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Sicydium albotaeniatum Günther, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Sicydium nigrescens Günther, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Vitraria clarescens Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sicyopterus stimpsoni)
To FishBase (from synonym Vitraria clarescens Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To FishBase (from synonym Sicydium albotaeniatum Günther, 1877)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sicydium stimpsoni Gill, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Sicydium nigrescens Günther, 1880)
To GenBank (48 nucleotides; 82 proteins) (from synonym Sicydium stimpsoni Gill, 1860)
To GenBank (48 nucleotides; 82 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sicyopterus stimpsoni RAD108543-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sicyopterus stimpsoni RAD108543-001B)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Vitraria clarescens RAD102394-001) (from synonym Vitraria clarescens Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Vitraria clarescens USNM 50655 holotype radiograph lateral view) (from synonym Vitraria clarescens Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Sicydium stimpsoni Gill, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Sicydium albotaeniatum Günther, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Sicydium nigrescens Günther, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Vitraria clarescens Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sicyopterus stimpsoni)
To FishBase (from synonym Vitraria clarescens Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To FishBase (from synonym Sicydium albotaeniatum Günther, 1877)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sicydium stimpsoni Gill, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Sicydium nigrescens Günther, 1880)
To GenBank (48 nucleotides; 82 proteins) (from synonym Sicydium stimpsoni Gill, 1860)
To GenBank (48 nucleotides; 82 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sicyopterus stimpsoni RAD108543-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sicyopterus stimpsoni RAD108543-001B)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Vitraria clarescens RAD102394-001) (from synonym Vitraria clarescens Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Vitraria clarescens USNM 50655 holotype radiograph lateral view) (from synonym Vitraria clarescens Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To ITIS
