WoRMS taxon details
Totoaba macdonaldi (Gilbert, 1890)
283019 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:283019)
accepted
Species
Cynoscion macdonaldi Gilbert, 1890 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cynoscion macdonaldi Gilbert, 1890) Gilbert, C. H. (1890). A preliminary report on the fishes collected by the steamer Albatross on the Pacific coast of North America during the year 1889, with descriptions of twelve new genera and ninety-two new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 13 (no. 797): 49-126., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.13-797.49 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Totoaba macdonaldi (Gilbert, 1890). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283019 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cynoscion macdonaldi Gilbert, 1890) Gilbert, C. H. (1890). A preliminary report on the fishes collected by the steamer Albatross on the Pacific coast of North America during the year 1889, with descriptions of twelve new genera and ninety-two new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 13 (no. 797): 49-126., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.13-797.49 [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 (71 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications) (from synonym Cynoscion macdonaldi Gilbert, 1890)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Totoaba macdonaldi)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cynoscion macdonaldi Gilbert, 1890)
To GenBank (509 nucleotides; 97 proteins)
To GenBank (509 nucleotides; 97 proteins) (from synonym Cynoscion macdonaldi Gilbert, 1890)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications) (from synonym Cynoscion macdonaldi Gilbert, 1890)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Totoaba macdonaldi)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cynoscion macdonaldi Gilbert, 1890)
To GenBank (509 nucleotides; 97 proteins)
To GenBank (509 nucleotides; 97 proteins) (from synonym Cynoscion macdonaldi Gilbert, 1890)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
