WoRMS taxon details
Xenocephalus armatus Kaup, 1858
315934 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:315934)
accepted
Species
Gnathagnus armatus (Kaup, 1858) · unaccepted
Gnathagnus innotabilis Waite, 1904 · unaccepted
Xenocephalus innotabilis (Waite, 1904) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kaup, J. J. (1858). Uebersicht der Familie Gadidae. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> v. 24 (pt. 1): 85-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.5285 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Xenocephalus armatus Kaup, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=315934 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Kaup, J. J. (1858). Uebersicht der Familie Gadidae. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> v. 24 (pt. 1): 85-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.5285 [details]
original description (of Gnathagnus innotabilis Waite, 1904) Waite, E. R. (1904). New records or recurrences of rare fishes from eastern Australia. No. 3. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 4): 231-244, Pls. 25-26., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.5.1904.1055 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Gnathagnus innotabilis Waite, 1904) Waite, E. R. (1904). New records or recurrences of rare fishes from eastern Australia. No. 3. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 4): 231-244, Pls. 25-26., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.5.1904.1055 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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
King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Gnathagnus innotabilis Waite, 1904)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xenocephalus armatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Xenocephalus innotabilis (Waite, 1904))
To FishBase (from synonym Gnathagnus armatus (Kaup, 1858))
To FishBase (from synonym Gnathagnus innotabilis Waite, 1904)
To FishBase
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 23 proteins) (from synonym Gnathagnus innotabilis Waite, 1904)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gnathagnus innotabilis RAD107432-001) (from synonym Gnathagnus innotabilis Waite, 1904)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gnathagnus innotabilis RAD107433-001) (from synonym Gnathagnus innotabilis Waite, 1904)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Xenocephalus armatus RAD107430-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Xenocephalus armatus RAD107430-002)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Gnathagnus innotabilis Waite, 1904)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xenocephalus armatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Xenocephalus innotabilis (Waite, 1904))
To FishBase (from synonym Gnathagnus armatus (Kaup, 1858))
To FishBase (from synonym Gnathagnus innotabilis Waite, 1904)
To FishBase
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 23 proteins) (from synonym Gnathagnus innotabilis Waite, 1904)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gnathagnus innotabilis RAD107432-001) (from synonym Gnathagnus innotabilis Waite, 1904)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gnathagnus innotabilis RAD107433-001) (from synonym Gnathagnus innotabilis Waite, 1904)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Xenocephalus armatus RAD107430-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Xenocephalus armatus RAD107430-002)
To ITIS
