WoRMS taxon details
Stigmatopora argus (Richardson, 1840)
282892 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282892)
accepted
Species
Gasterotokeus gracilis Klunzinger, 1872 · unaccepted
Gastrotokeus gracilis Klunzinger, 1872 · unaccepted (synonym)
Stigmatophora argus · unaccepted
Stigmatophora argus brevicaudata Lucas, 1891 · unaccepted (synonym)
Stigmatophora depressiuscula MacLeay, 1881 · unaccepted
Stigmatophora gracilis MacLeay, 1881 · unaccepted
Stigmatophora olivacea Castelnau, 1872 · unaccepted
Syngnathus argus Richardson, 1840 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Syngnathus argus Richardson, 1840) Richardson, J. (1840). On a collection of fishes... made at Port Arthur in Van Diemen's Land, by Deputy-Assistant-Commissary-General Lemprière, . <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1840.</em> (pt 8, no. 87): 25-30. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Stigmatopora argus (Richardson, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282892 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Syngnathus argus Richardson, 1840) Richardson, J. (1840). On a collection of fishes... made at Port Arthur in Van Diemen's Land, by Deputy-Assistant-Commissary-General Lemprière, . <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1840.</em> (pt 8, no. 87): 25-30. [details]
original description (of Gasterotokeus gracilis Klunzinger, 1872) Klunzinger, C. B. (1872). Zur Fischfauna von Süd-Australien. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> v. 38 (pt. 1): 17-47, Pl. 2. [details]
original description (of Stigmatophora depressiuscula MacLeay, 1881) Macleay, W. (1881). Descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia.Part IV. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 6 (pt 2): 202-387., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.11870 [details]
original description (of Stigmatophora gracilis MacLeay, 1881) Macleay, W. (1881). Descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia.Part IV. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 6 (pt 2): 202-387., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.11870 [details]
original description (of Stigmatophora olivacea Castelnau, 1872) Castelnau, F. L. (1872). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. No. 1.--The Melbourne fish market (pp. 29-242). No. II.--Note on some South Australian fishes (pp. 243-247). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> v. 1: 29-247 plus 1 p. Errata, 1 pl.
page(s): 244 [details]
original description (of Gastrotokeus gracilis Klunzinger, 1872) Klunzinger, C. B. (1872). Zur Fischfauna von Süd-Australien. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> v. 38 (pt. 1): 17-47, Pl. 2. [details]
original description (of Gasterotokeus gracilis Klunzinger, 1872) Klunzinger, C. B. (1872). Zur Fischfauna von Süd-Australien. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> v. 38 (pt. 1): 17-47, Pl. 2. [details]
original description (of Stigmatophora depressiuscula MacLeay, 1881) Macleay, W. (1881). Descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia.Part IV. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 6 (pt 2): 202-387., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.11870 [details]
original description (of Stigmatophora gracilis MacLeay, 1881) Macleay, W. (1881). Descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia.Part IV. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 6 (pt 2): 202-387., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.11870 [details]
original description (of Stigmatophora olivacea Castelnau, 1872) Castelnau, F. L. (1872). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. No. 1.--The Melbourne fish market (pp. 29-242). No. II.--Note on some South Australian fishes (pp. 243-247). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> v. 1: 29-247 plus 1 p. Errata, 1 pl.
page(s): 244 [details]
original description (of Gastrotokeus gracilis Klunzinger, 1872) Klunzinger, C. B. (1872). Zur Fischfauna von Süd-Australien. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> v. 38 (pt. 1): 17-47, Pl. 2. [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 (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
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]
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 (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Syngnathus argus Richardson, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Stigmatophora argus)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Gastrotokeus gracilis Klunzinger, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Stigmatophora depressiuscula MacLeay, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Stigmatophora gracilis MacLeay, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Stigmatophora olivacea Castelnau, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stigmatopora argus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gastrotokeus gracilis Klunzinger, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Stigmatophora olivacea Castelnau, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Stigmatophora gracilis MacLeay, 1881)
To FishBase (from synonym Syngnathus argus Richardson, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Stigmatophora depressiuscula MacLeay, 1881)
To FishBase (from synonym Stigmatophora argus brevicaudata Lucas, 1891)
To GenBank (71 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To GenBank (71 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Syngnathus argus Richardson, 1840)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Syngnathus argus Richardson, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Stigmatophora argus)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Gastrotokeus gracilis Klunzinger, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Stigmatophora depressiuscula MacLeay, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Stigmatophora gracilis MacLeay, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Stigmatophora olivacea Castelnau, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stigmatopora argus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gastrotokeus gracilis Klunzinger, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Stigmatophora olivacea Castelnau, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Stigmatophora gracilis MacLeay, 1881)
To FishBase (from synonym Syngnathus argus Richardson, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Stigmatophora depressiuscula MacLeay, 1881)
To FishBase (from synonym Stigmatophora argus brevicaudata Lucas, 1891)
To GenBank (71 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To GenBank (71 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Syngnathus argus Richardson, 1840)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
