WoRMS taxon details
Siphamia tubifer Weber, 1909
277708 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:277708)
accepted
Species
Beanea trivittata Steindachner, 1902 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Siphamia cuprea Lachner, 1953 · unaccepted
Siphamia ovalis Lachner, 1953 · unaccepted
Siphamia permutata Klausewitz, 1966 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Weber, M. (1909). Diagnosen neuer Fische der Siboga-Expedition. <em>Notes from the Leyden Museum.</em> v. 31 (note 4): 143-169. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Siphamia tubifer Weber, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277708 on 2026-05-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Weber, M. (1909). Diagnosen neuer Fische der Siboga-Expedition. <em>Notes from the Leyden Museum.</em> v. 31 (note 4): 143-169. [details]
original description (of Siphamia permutata Klausewitz, 1966) Klausewitz, W. (1966). Fische aus dem Roten Meer. VII. Siphamia permutata n. sp. (Pisces, Perciformes, Apogonidae). <em>Senckenbergiana Biologica.</em> v. 47 (no. 3): 217-222. [details]
original description (of Siphamia cuprea Lachner, 1953) Lachner, E. A. (1953). Family Apogonidae: cardinal fishes. In: Schultz et al., Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas Islands. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 202 (1): 412-498. [details]
original description (of Siphamia ovalis Lachner, 1953) Lachner, E. A. (1953). Family Apogonidae: cardinal fishes. In: Schultz et al., Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas Islands. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 202 (1): 412-498. [details]
original description (of Siphamia permutata Klausewitz, 1966) Klausewitz, W. (1966). Fische aus dem Roten Meer. VII. Siphamia permutata n. sp. (Pisces, Perciformes, Apogonidae). <em>Senckenbergiana Biologica.</em> v. 47 (no. 3): 217-222. [details]
original description (of Siphamia cuprea Lachner, 1953) Lachner, E. A. (1953). Family Apogonidae: cardinal fishes. In: Schultz et al., Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas Islands. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 202 (1): 412-498. [details]
original description (of Siphamia ovalis Lachner, 1953) Lachner, E. A. (1953). Family Apogonidae: cardinal fishes. In: Schultz et al., Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas Islands. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 202 (1): 412-498. [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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヒカリイシモチ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Siphamia ovalis Lachner, 1953)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Siphamia permutata Klausewitz, 1966)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Siphamia cuprea Lachner, 1953)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Siphamia tubifer)
To FishBase (from synonym Siphamia cuprea Lachner, 1953)
To FishBase (from synonym Siphamia ovalis Lachner, 1953)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Siphamia permutata Klausewitz, 1966)
To GenBank (182 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Siphamia cuprea P05393 illustration) (from synonym Siphamia cuprea Lachner, 1953)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Siphamia ovalis P05390 illustration) (from synonym Siphamia ovalis Lachner, 1953)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Siphamia tubifer FIN026671 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Siphamia tubifer USNM 363785 photograph lateral)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Siphamia ovalis Lachner, 1953)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Siphamia permutata Klausewitz, 1966)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Siphamia cuprea Lachner, 1953)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Siphamia tubifer)
To FishBase (from synonym Siphamia cuprea Lachner, 1953)
To FishBase (from synonym Siphamia ovalis Lachner, 1953)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Siphamia permutata Klausewitz, 1966)
To GenBank (182 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Siphamia cuprea P05393 illustration) (from synonym Siphamia cuprea Lachner, 1953)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Siphamia ovalis P05390 illustration) (from synonym Siphamia ovalis Lachner, 1953)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Siphamia tubifer FIN026671 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Siphamia tubifer USNM 363785 photograph lateral)
To ITIS
