WoRMS taxon details
Xiphasia setifer Swainson, 1839
219345 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219345)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Swainson, W. (1839). On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. <em>Spottiswoode & Co., London.</em> v. 2: i-vi + 1-452. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Xiphasia setifer Swainson, 1839. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219345 on 2026-01-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Swainson, W. (1839). On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. <em>Spottiswoode & Co., London.</em> v. 2: i-vi + 1-452. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). 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
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ウナギギンポ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (26 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xiphasia setifer)
To FishBase
To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 33 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Xiphasia setifer FIN027206 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Xiphasia setifer FIN027207 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xiphasia setifer)
To FishBase
To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 33 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Xiphasia setifer FIN027206 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Xiphasia setifer FIN027207 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS