WoRMS taxon details
Zaprora silenus Jordan, 1896
254353 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254353)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Jordan, D. S. (1896). Notes on fishes, little known or new to science. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2).</em> v. 6: 201-244, Pls. 20-43. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Zaprora silenus Jordan, 1896. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254353 on 2026-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Jordan, D. S. (1896). Notes on fishes, little known or new to science. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2).</em> v. 6: 201-244, Pls. 20-43. [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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]
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
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | prowfish | [details] |
| French | zaprora | [details] |
| Japanese | ボウズギンポ | [details] |
| Russian | Запрора | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Zaprora silenus)
To FishBase
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 39 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Zaprora silenus USNM 135678 radiograph)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Zaprora silenus USNM 207564 radiograph)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Zaprora silenus)
To FishBase
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 39 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Zaprora silenus USNM 135678 radiograph)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Zaprora silenus USNM 207564 radiograph)
To ITIS