WoRMS taxon details
Cynoponticus ferox Costa, 1846
126295 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126295)
accepted
Species
Muraenesox ferox (Costa, 1846) · unaccepted
Phyllogramma regani Pellegrin, 1934 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Costa, O. G. (1846). Fauna del regno di Napoli, ossia enumerazione di tutti gli animali che abitano le diverse regioni di questo regno e le acque che le bagnano, etc. <em>Pesci. Fauna del regno di Napoli.</em> Part 1: 511 pp. (variously paginated), 60 pls. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cynoponticus ferox Costa, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126295 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Costa, O. G. (1846). Fauna del regno di Napoli, ossia enumerazione di tutti gli animali che abitano le diverse regioni di questo regno e le acque che le bagnano, etc. <em>Pesci. Fauna del regno di Napoli.</em> Part 1: 511 pp. (variously paginated), 60 pls. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (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). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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 (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Phyllogramma regani Pellegrin, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Muraenesox ferox (Costa, 1846))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cynoponticus ferox)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenesox ferox (Costa, 1846))
To FishBase (from synonym Phyllogramma regani Pellegrin, 1934)
To FishBase images (Cynoponticus ferox, by FAO)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Phyllogramma regani Pellegrin, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Muraenesox ferox (Costa, 1846))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cynoponticus ferox)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenesox ferox (Costa, 1846))
To FishBase (from synonym Phyllogramma regani Pellegrin, 1934)
To FishBase images (Cynoponticus ferox, by FAO)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
