WoRMS taxon details
Halobatrachus didactylus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
126374 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126374)
accepted
Species
Batrachoides didactylus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) · unaccepted
Batrachoides planifrons (Guichenot, 1850) · unaccepted
Batrachus algeriensis Guichenot, 1850 · unaccepted
Batrachus borealis Nilsson, 1832 · unaccepted
Batrachus conspicillum Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted
Batrachus didactylus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
Batrachus guentheri Bleeker, 1863 · unaccepted
Batrachus planifrons Guichenot, 1850 · unaccepted
Batrachus punctatus Agassiz, 1831 · unaccepted
Batrachus punctulatus Agassiz, 1831 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Batrachus didactylus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 42 [details]
page(s): 42 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Halobatrachus didactylus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126374 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Batrachus algeriensis Guichenot, 1850) Guichenot, A. (1850). Histoire naturelle des reptiles et des poissons.In: Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie pendant les années 1840, 1841, 1842. <em>Zoologie, Paris.</em> Pp. i-iv + 1-144 + Atlas; [Poissons are on pp. 31-138 and Poissons Pls. 1-8.]. [details]
original description (of Batrachus borealis Nilsson, 1832) Nilsson, S. (1832). Prodromus ichthyologiae Scandinavicae. <em>Lundae.</em> i-iv + 1-124. [details]
original description (of Batrachus conspicillum Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 253 [details]
original description (of Batrachus didactylus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 42 [details]
original description (of Batrachus guentheri Bleeker, 1863) Bleeker, P. (1863). Mémoire sur les poissons de la côte de Guinée. <em>Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2).</em> v. 18 (1862): 1-136, Pls. 1-28. [details]
original description (of Batrachus planifrons Guichenot, 1850) Guichenot, A. (1850). Histoire naturelle des reptiles et des poissons.In: Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie pendant les années 1840, 1841, 1842. <em>Zoologie, Paris.</em> Pp. i-iv + 1-144 + Atlas; [Poissons are on pp. 31-138 and Poissons Pls. 1-8.]. [details]
original description (of Batrachus punctatus Agassiz, 1831) Spix, J. B.; von; Agassiz, L. (1829-1831). Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX : jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi peracto. <em>Monachii.</em> Part 1: i-xvi + i-ii + 1-6 + 1-82, Pls. 1-48, Part 2: 83-138, Pls. 49-101. [Part 1 published June 1829, part 2 Jan. 1831., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57839229#page/1/mode/1up [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]
original description (of Batrachus borealis Nilsson, 1832) Nilsson, S. (1832). Prodromus ichthyologiae Scandinavicae. <em>Lundae.</em> i-iv + 1-124. [details]
original description (of Batrachus conspicillum Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 253 [details]
original description (of Batrachus didactylus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 42 [details]
original description (of Batrachus guentheri Bleeker, 1863) Bleeker, P. (1863). Mémoire sur les poissons de la côte de Guinée. <em>Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2).</em> v. 18 (1862): 1-136, Pls. 1-28. [details]
original description (of Batrachus planifrons Guichenot, 1850) Guichenot, A. (1850). Histoire naturelle des reptiles et des poissons.In: Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie pendant les années 1840, 1841, 1842. <em>Zoologie, Paris.</em> Pp. i-iv + 1-144 + Atlas; [Poissons are on pp. 31-138 and Poissons Pls. 1-8.]. [details]
original description (of Batrachus punctatus Agassiz, 1831) Spix, J. B.; von; Agassiz, L. (1829-1831). Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX : jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi peracto. <em>Monachii.</em> Part 1: i-xvi + i-ii + 1-6 + 1-82, Pls. 1-48, Part 2: 83-138, Pls. 49-101. [Part 1 published June 1829, part 2 Jan. 1831., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57839229#page/1/mode/1up [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 (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Batrachus guentheri Bleeker, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Batrachus planifrons Guichenot, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Batrachus punctatus Agassiz, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Batrachus algeriensis Guichenot, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Batrachus didactylus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Batrachus conspicillum Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Batrachus punctulatus Agassiz, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Batrachoides didactylus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Batrachus borealis Nilsson, 1832)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Halobatrachus didactylus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Batrachoides didactylus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Batrachus borealis Nilsson, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Batrachoides planifrons (Guichenot, 1850))
To FishBase (from synonym Batrachus algeriensis Guichenot, 1850)
To FishBase (from synonym Batrachus conspicillum Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Batrachus didactylus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Batrachus planifrons Guichenot, 1850)
To FishBase (from synonym Batrachus guentheri Bleeker, 1863)
To FishBase (from synonym Batrachus punctulatus Agassiz, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Batrachus punctatus Agassiz, 1831)
To FishBase images (Halobatrachus didactylus, Senegal, by Wirtz, P.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (384 nucleotides; 178 proteins)
To GenBank (384 nucleotides; 178 proteins) (from synonym Batrachoides didactylus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To GenBank (384 nucleotides; 178 proteins) (from synonym Batrachus didactylus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Batrachus guentheri Bleeker, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Batrachus planifrons Guichenot, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Batrachus punctatus Agassiz, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Batrachus algeriensis Guichenot, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Batrachus didactylus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Batrachus conspicillum Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Batrachus punctulatus Agassiz, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Batrachoides didactylus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Batrachus borealis Nilsson, 1832)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Halobatrachus didactylus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Batrachoides didactylus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Batrachus borealis Nilsson, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Batrachoides planifrons (Guichenot, 1850))
To FishBase (from synonym Batrachus algeriensis Guichenot, 1850)
To FishBase (from synonym Batrachus conspicillum Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Batrachus didactylus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Batrachus planifrons Guichenot, 1850)
To FishBase (from synonym Batrachus guentheri Bleeker, 1863)
To FishBase (from synonym Batrachus punctulatus Agassiz, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Batrachus punctatus Agassiz, 1831)
To FishBase images (Halobatrachus didactylus, Senegal, by Wirtz, P.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (384 nucleotides; 178 proteins)
To GenBank (384 nucleotides; 178 proteins) (from synonym Batrachoides didactylus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To GenBank (384 nucleotides; 178 proteins) (from synonym Batrachus didactylus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
