WoRMS taxon details
Dalophis imberbis (Delaroche, 1809)
126313 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126313)
accepted
Species
Caecula imberbis (Delaroche, 1809) · unaccepted
Dalophis bimaculata Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted
Dalophis serpa Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted
Ophichthys imberbis (Delaroche, 1809) · unaccepted
Pterurus flexuosus Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted
Sphagebranchus imberbis Delaroche, 1809 · unaccepted
Sphagebranchus oculatus Risso, 1827 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Sphagebranchus imberbis Delaroche, 1809) Delaroche, F.-E. (1809). Suite du mémoire sur les espèces de poissons observées à Iviça. Tableau des espèces de poissons que j'ai observées à Iviça pendant les mois de décembre, janvier et février. Tableau des poissons que j'ai observés à Maïorque et à Barcelonne, mais que je n'ai point vus à Iviça. Observations sur quelques-uns des poissons indiqués dans le précédent tableau, et descriptions des espèces nouvelles ou peu connues. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 13: 313-361, plates 20-25., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29092211
page(s): 360 [74], Pl. 25 (fig. 18) [details]
page(s): 360 [74], Pl. 25 (fig. 18) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Dalophis imberbis (Delaroche, 1809). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126313 on 2025-12-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Dalophis bimaculata Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964
page(s): 69, Pl. 7 (fig. 2) [details]
original description (of Dalophis serpa Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964
page(s): 69, Pl. 7 (fig. 3) [details]
original description (of Sphagebranchus imberbis Delaroche, 1809) Delaroche, F.-E. (1809). Suite du mémoire sur les espèces de poissons observées à Iviça. Tableau des espèces de poissons que j'ai observées à Iviça pendant les mois de décembre, janvier et février. Tableau des poissons que j'ai observés à Maïorque et à Barcelonne, mais que je n'ai point vus à Iviça. Observations sur quelques-uns des poissons indiqués dans le précédent tableau, et descriptions des espèces nouvelles ou peu connues. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 13: 313-361, plates 20-25., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29092211
page(s): 360 [74], Pl. 25 (fig. 18) [details]
original description (of Pterurus flexuosus Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C.S. (1810). Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ossia, catalogo metodico dei nomi latini, italiani, e siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia disposti secondo un metodo naturale e seguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione de alcuni nuovi pesci sicilian. Messina. Pp 1-70, Pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6340395
page(s): 43, 59 [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]
page(s): 69, Pl. 7 (fig. 2) [details]
original description (of Dalophis serpa Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964
page(s): 69, Pl. 7 (fig. 3) [details]
original description (of Sphagebranchus imberbis Delaroche, 1809) Delaroche, F.-E. (1809). Suite du mémoire sur les espèces de poissons observées à Iviça. Tableau des espèces de poissons que j'ai observées à Iviça pendant les mois de décembre, janvier et février. Tableau des poissons que j'ai observés à Maïorque et à Barcelonne, mais que je n'ai point vus à Iviça. Observations sur quelques-uns des poissons indiqués dans le précédent tableau, et descriptions des espèces nouvelles ou peu connues. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 13: 313-361, plates 20-25., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29092211
page(s): 360 [74], Pl. 25 (fig. 18) [details]
original description (of Pterurus flexuosus Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C.S. (1810). Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ossia, catalogo metodico dei nomi latini, italiani, e siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia disposti secondo un metodo naturale e seguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione de alcuni nuovi pesci sicilian. Messina. Pp 1-70, Pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6340395
page(s): 43, 59 [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 (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | ngjalëgjarpër e gjymtuarbisha e detit | [details] |
| Hebrew | דלופיס אלבין | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Σπανό φιδόχειλο | [details] |
| Turkish | yilan baligi | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Caecula imberbis (Delaroche, 1809))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys imberbis (Delaroche, 1809))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Dalophis serpa Rafinesque, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Pterurus flexuosus Rafinesque, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications) (from synonym Sphagebranchus imberbis Delaroche, 1809)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Sphagebranchus oculatus Risso, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Dalophis bimaculata Rafinesque, 1810)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dalophis imberbis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Dalophis bimaculata Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Dalophis serpa Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys imberbis (Delaroche, 1809))
To FishBase (from synonym Caecula imberbis (Delaroche, 1809))
To FishBase (from synonym Sphagebranchus imberbis Delaroche, 1809)
To FishBase (from synonym Pterurus flexuosus Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Sphagebranchus oculatus Risso, 1827)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Sphagebranchus imberbis Delaroche, 1809)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Caecula imberbis (Delaroche, 1809))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys imberbis (Delaroche, 1809))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Dalophis serpa Rafinesque, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Pterurus flexuosus Rafinesque, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications) (from synonym Sphagebranchus imberbis Delaroche, 1809)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Sphagebranchus oculatus Risso, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Dalophis bimaculata Rafinesque, 1810)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dalophis imberbis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Dalophis bimaculata Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Dalophis serpa Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys imberbis (Delaroche, 1809))
To FishBase (from synonym Caecula imberbis (Delaroche, 1809))
To FishBase (from synonym Sphagebranchus imberbis Delaroche, 1809)
To FishBase (from synonym Pterurus flexuosus Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Sphagebranchus oculatus Risso, 1827)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Sphagebranchus imberbis Delaroche, 1809)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS