WoRMS taxon details
Triglops forficatus (Gilbert, 1896)
254530 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254530)
accepted
Species
Elanura forficata Gilbert, 1896 · unaccepted
Triglops forficata (Gilbert, 1896) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Elanura forficata Gilbert, 1896) Gilbert, C. H. (1896). The ichthyological collections of the steamer Albatross during the years 1890 and 1891. <em>United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner.</em> v. 19 (for 1893) (art. 6): 393-476, Pls. 20-35. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Triglops forficatus (Gilbert, 1896). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254530 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Elanura forficata Gilbert, 1896) Gilbert, C. H. (1896). The ichthyological collections of the steamer Albatross during the years 1890 and 1891. <em>United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner.</em> v. 19 (for 1893) (art. 6): 393-476, Pls. 20-35. [details]
basis of record Huettmann, F. (2007). ArcOD species list by Falk Huettmann. provided on 2007-11-25. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Huettmann, F. (2007). ArcOD species list by Falk Huettmann. provided on 2007-11-25. (look up in IMIS) [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 (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Elanura forficata Gilbert, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Triglops forficata (Gilbert, 1896))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Triglops forficatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Elanura forficata Gilbert, 1896)
To FishBase (from synonym Triglops forficata (Gilbert, 1896))
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Elanura forficata Gilbert, 1896)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Elanura forficata Gilbert, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Triglops forficata (Gilbert, 1896))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Triglops forficatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Elanura forficata Gilbert, 1896)
To FishBase (from synonym Triglops forficata (Gilbert, 1896))
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Elanura forficata Gilbert, 1896)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS