WoRMS taxon details
Omobranchus ferox (Herre, 1927)
219314 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219314)
accepted
Species
Cruantus dealmeida (Smith, 1949) · unaccepted
Omobranchus dealmeida Smith, 1949 · unaccepted
Omobranchus kranjiensis (Herre, 1940) · unaccepted
Petroscirtes feliciana Herre, 1942 · unaccepted
Petroscirtes ferox Herre, 1927 · unaccepted
Petroscirtes kranjiensis Herre, 1940 · unaccepted
Petroscirtes waterousi Herre, 1942 · unaccepted
(of Petroscirtes ferox Herre, 1927) Herre, A. W. C. T. (1927). Four new fishes from Lake Taal (Bombon). <em>Philippine Journal of Science.</em> v. 34 (no. 3): 273-279, Pls. 1-3. [details]
Description Found in mangrove swamps and river estuaries, but more often in freshwater lakes.
Description Found in mangrove swamps and river estuaries, but more often in freshwater lakes. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Omobranchus ferox (Herre, 1927). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219314 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Omobranchus dealmeida Smith, 1949) Smith, J. L. B. (1949). Forty-two fishes new to South Africa, with notes on others. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12).</em> v. 2 (no. 14) (art. 13): 97-111. [details]
original description (of Petroscirtes ferox Herre, 1927) Herre, A. W. C. T. (1927). Four new fishes from Lake Taal (Bombon). <em>Philippine Journal of Science.</em> v. 34 (no. 3): 273-279, Pls. 1-3. [details]
original description (of Petroscirtes kranjiensis Herre, 1940) Herre, A. W. C. T. (1940). New species of fishes from the Malay Peninsula and Borneo. <em>Bulletin of the Raffles Museum.</em> 16: 5-26, Pls. 1-20. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Petroscirtes feliciana Herre, 1942) Herre, A. W. C. T. (1942). Contributions from the Zoological Museum of Stanford University, California, IX [error for X]. Two new species of Petroscirtes and a key to the Philippine species. <em>Copeia.</em> 1942 (no. 2): 111-116. [details]
original description (of Petroscirtes waterousi Herre, 1942) Herre, A. W. C. T. (1942). Contributions from the Zoological Museum of Stanford University, California, IX [error for X]. Two new species of Petroscirtes and a key to the Philippine species. <em>Copeia.</em> 1942 (no. 2): 111-116. [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]
original description (of Petroscirtes ferox Herre, 1927) Herre, A. W. C. T. (1927). Four new fishes from Lake Taal (Bombon). <em>Philippine Journal of Science.</em> v. 34 (no. 3): 273-279, Pls. 1-3. [details]
original description (of Petroscirtes kranjiensis Herre, 1940) Herre, A. W. C. T. (1940). New species of fishes from the Malay Peninsula and Borneo. <em>Bulletin of the Raffles Museum.</em> 16: 5-26, Pls. 1-20. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Petroscirtes feliciana Herre, 1942) Herre, A. W. C. T. (1942). Contributions from the Zoological Museum of Stanford University, California, IX [error for X]. Two new species of Petroscirtes and a key to the Philippine species. <em>Copeia.</em> 1942 (no. 2): 111-116. [details]
original description (of Petroscirtes waterousi Herre, 1942) Herre, A. W. C. T. (1942). Contributions from the Zoological Museum of Stanford University, California, IX [error for X]. Two new species of Petroscirtes and a key to the Philippine species. <em>Copeia.</em> 1942 (no. 2): 111-116. [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]
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
Unreviewed
Description Found in mangrove swamps and river estuaries, but more often in freshwater lakes. [details]
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Omobranchus dealmeida Smith, 1949)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cruantus dealmeida (Smith, 1949))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Petroscirtes kranjiensis Herre, 1940)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Omobranchus ferox)
To Fishbase (from synonym Omobranchus dealmeida Smith, 1949)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cruantus dealmeida (Smith, 1949))
To Fishbase (from synonym Petroscirtes feliciana Herre, 1942)
To Fishbase (from synonym Petroscirtes waterousi Herre, 1942)
To Fishbase (from synonym Petroscirtes ferox Herre, 1927)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 21 proteins) (from synonym Omobranchus kranjiensis (Herre, 1940))
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Petroscirtes ferox Herre, 1927)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 32 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Omobranchus ferox RAD108487-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Omobranchus ferox RAD108487-002)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Petroscirtes ferox RAD108478-001) (from synonym Petroscirtes ferox Herre, 1927)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Petroscirtes kranjiensis RAD108485-001) (from synonym Petroscirtes kranjiensis Herre, 1940)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Petroscirtes kranjiensis RAD108486-001) (from synonym Petroscirtes kranjiensis Herre, 1940)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Omobranchus dealmeida Smith, 1949)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cruantus dealmeida (Smith, 1949))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Petroscirtes kranjiensis Herre, 1940)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Omobranchus ferox)
To Fishbase (from synonym Omobranchus dealmeida Smith, 1949)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cruantus dealmeida (Smith, 1949))
To Fishbase (from synonym Petroscirtes feliciana Herre, 1942)
To Fishbase (from synonym Petroscirtes waterousi Herre, 1942)
To Fishbase (from synonym Petroscirtes ferox Herre, 1927)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 21 proteins) (from synonym Omobranchus kranjiensis (Herre, 1940))
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Petroscirtes ferox Herre, 1927)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 32 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Omobranchus ferox RAD108487-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Omobranchus ferox RAD108487-002)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Petroscirtes ferox RAD108478-001) (from synonym Petroscirtes ferox Herre, 1927)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Petroscirtes kranjiensis RAD108485-001) (from synonym Petroscirtes kranjiensis Herre, 1940)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Petroscirtes kranjiensis RAD108486-001) (from synonym Petroscirtes kranjiensis Herre, 1940)
To ITIS
