WoRMS name details

Apogon spongicolus (Smith, 1965)

209306  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209306)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Kurtiformes (Order)
  11. Apogonidae (Family)
  12. Apogoninae (Subfamily)
  13. Apogon (Genus)
  14. Apogon spongicolus (Species)
 unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ostorhynchus spongicolus Smith, 1965) Smith, J.L.B. (1965). A new sponge-dwelling apogonid fish from the Red Sea. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 13).</em> 7(81): 529–531. [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Apogon spongicolus (Smith, 1965). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209306 on 2025-09-10
Date
action
by
2002-01-02 17:49:40Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas
2023-01-11 08:59:53Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Ostorhynchus spongicolus Smith, 1965) Smith, J.L.B. (1965). A new sponge-dwelling apogonid fish from the Red Sea. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 13).</em> 7(81): 529–531. [details] 

basis of record 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 
   

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