WoRMS taxon details
Opisthopterus dovii (Günther, 1868)
281919 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281919)
accepted
Species
Opisthopterus dovi (Günther, 1868) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pristigaster argenteus Günther, 1867 · unaccepted
Pristigaster dovii Günther, 1868 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pristigaster dovii Günther, 1868) Günther, A. (1868). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi fish containing the families Heteropygii, Cyprinidae, Gonorhynchidae, Hyodontidae, Osteoglossidae, Clupeidae,... [thru]... Halosauridae, in the collection of the British Museum. <em>Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum.</em> v. 7: i-xx + 1-512. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Opisthopterus dovii (Günther, 1868). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281919 on 2025-04-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pristigaster dovii Günther, 1868) Günther, A. (1868). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi fish containing the families Heteropygii, Cyprinidae, Gonorhynchidae, Hyodontidae, Osteoglossidae, Clupeidae,... [thru]... Halosauridae, in the collection of the British Museum. <em>Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum.</em> v. 7: i-xx + 1-512. [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 (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
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]
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
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Opisthopterus dovi (Günther, 1868))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Pristigaster dovii Günther, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Pristigaster argenteus Günther, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristigaster dovii Günther, 1868)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pristigaster argenteus Günther, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Opisthopterus dovi (Günther, 1868))
To FishBase images (Opisthopterus dovii, Panama, by Robertson, R.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opisthopterus dovii RAD100838-008)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Opisthopterus dovi (Günther, 1868))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Pristigaster dovii Günther, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Pristigaster argenteus Günther, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristigaster dovii Günther, 1868)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pristigaster argenteus Günther, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Opisthopterus dovi (Günther, 1868))
To FishBase images (Opisthopterus dovii, Panama, by Robertson, R.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opisthopterus dovii RAD100838-008)
To ITIS
