WoRMS taxon details
Zu cristatus (Bonelli, 1819)
126529 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126529)
accepted
Species
Gymnetrus mullerianus Risso, 1840 · unaccepted
Gymnetrus repandus Metaxà, 1833 · unaccepted
Trachipterus bonnellii Valenciennes, 1835 · unaccepted
Trachipterus cristatus Bonelli, 1819 · unaccepted
Trachipterus gavardi Bounhiol, 1923 · unaccepted
Trachipterus ijimai Jordan & Snyder, 1901 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Trachipterus semiophorus Bleeker, 1868 · unaccepted
Trachypterus bonelli Valenciennes, 1835 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Trachypterus bonnellii Valenciennes, 1835 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Trachypterus cristatus Bonelli, 1819 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Trachypterus gavardi Bounhiol, 1923 · unaccepted
Trachypterus ijimae Jordan & Snyder, 1901 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Trachypterus repandus (Metaxà, 1833) · unaccepted
Trachypterus semiophorus Bleeker, 1868 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Trachypterus cristatus Bonelli, 1819) Bonelli, F. A. (1820). Description d'une nouvelle espèce de poisson de la Méditerranée appartenant au genre Trachyptère avec des observations sur les caractères de çe même genre. <em>Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino.</em> v. 24 (for 31 May 1819): 485-494, Pl. 9. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: 44°N to Bermuda
Distribution Western Atlantic: 44°N to Bermuda [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Zu cristatus (Bonelli, 1819). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126529 on 2025-04-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Trachypterus cristatus Bonelli, 1819) Bonelli, F. A. (1820). Description d'une nouvelle espèce de poisson de la Méditerranée appartenant au genre Trachyptère avec des observations sur les caractères de çe même genre. <em>Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino.</em> v. 24 (for 31 May 1819): 485-494, Pl. 9. [details]
original description (of Trachipterus ijimai Jordan & Snyder, 1901) Jordan, D. S.; Snyder, J. O. (1901). Descriptions of nine new species of fishes contained in museums of Japan. <em>The journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo, Japan = Tokyo Teikoku Daigaku kiyo. Rika.</em> 15: 301-311., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7095118 [details]
original description (of Trachypterus bonnellii Valenciennes, 1835) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1835). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dixième. Suite du livre neuvième. Scombéroïdes. Livre dixième. De la famille des Teuthyes. Livre onzième. De la famille des Taenioïdes. Livre douzième. Des Athérines.</em> v. 10: i-xxiv + 1-482 + 2 pp., Pls. 280-306. [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]
original description (of Trachipterus ijimai Jordan & Snyder, 1901) Jordan, D. S.; Snyder, J. O. (1901). Descriptions of nine new species of fishes contained in museums of Japan. <em>The journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo, Japan = Tokyo Teikoku Daigaku kiyo. Rika.</em> 15: 301-311., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7095118 [details]
original description (of Trachypterus bonnellii Valenciennes, 1835) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1835). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dixième. Suite du livre neuvième. Scombéroïdes. Livre dixième. De la famille des Teuthyes. Livre onzième. De la famille des Taenioïdes. Livre douzième. Des Athérines.</em> v. 10: i-xxiv + 1-482 + 2 pp., Pls. 280-306. [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
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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 Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
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]
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 Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]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
Unreviewed
Diet Adults feed on small fishes and squids [details]Distribution Western Atlantic: 44°N to Bermuda [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat oceanic and mesopelagic species [details]
Reproduction Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | peshku shirit velundruespeshku shirit me gunga | [details] |
| English | scalloped ribbonfish | [details] |
| Japanese | ユキフリソデウオ | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Ζωνοχαρτόψαρο | [details] |
| Russian | Гребенчатый зу | [details] |
| Spanish | listoncillo festón | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Trachypterus repandus (Metaxà, 1833))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Trachypterus gavardi Bounhiol, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Trachypterus ijimae Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gymnetrus mullerianus Risso, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Trachipterus cristatus Bonelli, 1819)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Trachypterus cristatus Bonelli, 1819)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Gymnetrus repandus Metaxà, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Trachypterus semiophorus Bleeker, 1868)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Zu cristatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnetrus mullerianus Risso, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachypterus bonnellii Valenciennes, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachypterus cristatus Bonelli, 1819)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnetrus repandus Metaxà, 1833)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Trachypterus bonelli Valenciennes, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachypterus ijimae Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachipterus ijimai Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachipterus bonnellii Valenciennes, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachipterus semiophorus Bleeker, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachipterus gavardi Bounhiol, 1923)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachipterus cristatus Bonelli, 1819)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachypterus gavardi Bounhiol, 1923)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachypterus repandus (Metaxà, 1833))
To FishBase (from synonym Trachypterus semiophorus Bleeker, 1868)
To FishBase images (Zu cristatus, by JAMARC)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 57 proteins)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 57 proteins) (from synonym Trachypterus cristatus Bonelli, 1819)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Zu cristatus RAD107337-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Trachypterus repandus (Metaxà, 1833))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Trachypterus gavardi Bounhiol, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Trachypterus ijimae Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gymnetrus mullerianus Risso, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Trachipterus cristatus Bonelli, 1819)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Trachypterus cristatus Bonelli, 1819)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Gymnetrus repandus Metaxà, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Trachypterus semiophorus Bleeker, 1868)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Zu cristatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnetrus mullerianus Risso, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachypterus bonnellii Valenciennes, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachypterus cristatus Bonelli, 1819)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnetrus repandus Metaxà, 1833)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Trachypterus bonelli Valenciennes, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachypterus ijimae Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachipterus ijimai Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachipterus bonnellii Valenciennes, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachipterus semiophorus Bleeker, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachipterus gavardi Bounhiol, 1923)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachipterus cristatus Bonelli, 1819)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachypterus gavardi Bounhiol, 1923)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachypterus repandus (Metaxà, 1833))
To FishBase (from synonym Trachypterus semiophorus Bleeker, 1868)
To FishBase images (Zu cristatus, by JAMARC)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 57 proteins)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 57 proteins) (from synonym Trachypterus cristatus Bonelli, 1819)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Zu cristatus RAD107337-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
