WoRMS taxon details
Xenentodon cancila (Hamilton, 1822)
283170 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:283170)
accepted
Species
Belone cancila (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted
Belone graii Sykes, 1839 · unaccepted
Esox cancila Hamilton, 1822 · unaccepted
Esox hindostanicus Falconer, 1868 · unaccepted
Esox indica McClelland, 1842 · unaccepted
Xenenthodon cancila (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted (misspelling)
(of Esox cancila Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].].
page(s): 213, 380, Pl. 27 (fig. 70) [details]
page(s): 213, 380, Pl. 27 (fig. 70) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Xenentodon cancila (Hamilton, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283170 on 2025-05-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Belone graii Sykes, 1839) Sykes, W. H. (1839). On the fishes of the Deccan. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1838 (pt 6) (for 27 Nov. 1838): 157-165. [details]
original description (of Esox cancila Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].].
page(s): 213, 380, Pl. 27 (fig. 70) [details]
original description (of Esox hindostanicus Falconer, 1868) Falconer, H. (1868). Miscellaneous notes on Indian zoology, 2. Note on an Indian species of Esox -- Esox (Belone) Hindostanicus (Falc.). <em>In: Palaeontological memoirs and notes of the late Hugh Falconer. C. Murchison [ed.]. London. Miscellaneous Notes Indian Zoology.</em> v. 1: 589-590. [details]
original description (of Esox indica McClelland, 1842) McClelland, J. (1842). On the fresh-water fishes collected by William Griffith, Esq., F. L. S. Madras Medical Service, during his travels under the orders of the Supreme Government of India, from 1835 to 1842. <em>Calcutta Journal of Natural History.</em> v. 2 (no. 8): 560-589, Pls. 6, 15, 18, 21. [Cover dated January, 1842, but data for material collected in 1842 is included. Authorship of new taxa apparently is McClelland alone except for one genus and one species listed as McClell. et Griff. on p. 573; the use of "id." is confusing.]. [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 Esox cancila Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].].
page(s): 213, 380, Pl. 27 (fig. 70) [details]
original description (of Esox hindostanicus Falconer, 1868) Falconer, H. (1868). Miscellaneous notes on Indian zoology, 2. Note on an Indian species of Esox -- Esox (Belone) Hindostanicus (Falc.). <em>In: Palaeontological memoirs and notes of the late Hugh Falconer. C. Murchison [ed.]. London. Miscellaneous Notes Indian Zoology.</em> v. 1: 589-590. [details]
original description (of Esox indica McClelland, 1842) McClelland, J. (1842). On the fresh-water fishes collected by William Griffith, Esq., F. L. S. Madras Medical Service, during his travels under the orders of the Supreme Government of India, from 1835 to 1842. <em>Calcutta Journal of Natural History.</em> v. 2 (no. 8): 560-589, Pls. 6, 15, 18, 21. [Cover dated January, 1842, but data for material collected in 1842 is included. Authorship of new taxa apparently is McClelland alone except for one genus and one species listed as McClell. et Griff. on p. 573; the use of "id." is confusing.]. [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
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 (84 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Esox cancila Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Belone graii Sykes, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (70 publications) (from synonym Belone cancila (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Esox indica McClelland, 1842)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xenentodon cancila)
To FishBase (from synonym Belone graii Sykes, 1839)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Belone cancila (Hamilton, 1822))
To FishBase (from synonym Esox cancila Hamilton, 1822)
To FishBase (from synonym Xenenthodon cancila (Hamilton, 1822))
To FishBase (from synonym Esox hindostanicus Falconer, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Esox indica McClelland, 1842)
To FishBase images (Xenentodon cancila, Sri Lanka, by Ramani Shirantha)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (5778 nucleotides; 111 proteins)
To GenBank (5778 nucleotides; 111 proteins) (from synonym Esox cancila Hamilton, 1822)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Esox cancila Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Belone graii Sykes, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (70 publications) (from synonym Belone cancila (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Esox indica McClelland, 1842)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xenentodon cancila)
To FishBase (from synonym Belone graii Sykes, 1839)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Belone cancila (Hamilton, 1822))
To FishBase (from synonym Esox cancila Hamilton, 1822)
To FishBase (from synonym Xenenthodon cancila (Hamilton, 1822))
To FishBase (from synonym Esox hindostanicus Falconer, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Esox indica McClelland, 1842)
To FishBase images (Xenentodon cancila, Sri Lanka, by Ramani Shirantha)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (5778 nucleotides; 111 proteins)
To GenBank (5778 nucleotides; 111 proteins) (from synonym Esox cancila Hamilton, 1822)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
