WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Trichonotus nikii Clark & von Schmidt, 1966

AphiaID

279122 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279122)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Trichonotus Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Original name

Trichonotus nikii Clark & von Schmidt, 1966

Synonymised names

Trichonotops multistriatus Kotthaus, 1977 · unaccepted

Trichonotus niki Clark & von Schmidt, 1966 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Clark, E.; von Schmidt, K. (1966). A new species of Trichonotus (Pisces, Trichonotidae) from the Red Sea. Contributions to the knowledge of the Red Sea. No. 34. Bulletin, Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Fisheries, Sea Fisheries Research Station Haifa No. 42: 29-36. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Trichonotus nikii Clark & von Schmidt, 1966. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279122 on 2026-07-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Clark, E.; von Schmidt, K. (1966). A new species of Trichonotus (Pisces, Trichonotidae) from the Red Sea. Contributions to the knowledge of the Red Sea. No. 34. Bulletin, Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Fisheries, Sea Fisheries Research Station Haifa No. 42: 29-36. [details]

original description (of Trichonotops multistriatus Kotthaus, 1977) Kotthaus, A. (1977). Fische des Indischen Ozeans. Ergebnisse der ichthyologischen Untersuchungen während der Expedition des Forschungsschiffes "Meteor" in den Indischen Ozean, Oktober 1964 bis Mai 1965. A. Systematischer Teil, XVIII. Percomorphi (8). Meteor Forschungsergebnisse. Reihe D, Biologie. 24: 37-53. [English summary]. [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. Scientific Data. 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]