WoRMS taxon details
Cataetyx alleni (Byrne, 1906)
126656 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126656)
accepted
Species
Cataetyx brevis (Koefoed, 1927) · unaccepted
Cataetyx leucos (Osório, 1917) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Grammonus leucos Osório, 1917 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Oculospinus brevis Koefoed, 1927 · unaccepted
Pteridium alleni Byrne, 1906 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pteridium alleni Byrne, 1906) Byrne, L. W. (1906). A new species of Pteridium (Scopoli) from the north-east Atlantic. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7).</em> v. 18 (no. 108): 448-450., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930608562647 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Cataetyx alleni (Byrne, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126656 on 2026-06-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pteridium alleni Byrne, 1906) Byrne, L. W. (1906). A new species of Pteridium (Scopoli) from the north-east Atlantic. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7).</em> v. 18 (no. 108): 448-450., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930608562647 [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]
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]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). 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
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Oculospinus brevis Koefoed, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Pteridium alleni Byrne, 1906)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cataetyx alleni)
To FishBase (from synonym Cataetyx brevis (Koefoed, 1927))
To FishBase (from synonym Cataetyx leucos (Osório, 1917))
To FishBase (from synonym Oculospinus brevis Koefoed, 1927)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pteridium alleni Byrne, 1906)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Pteridium alleni Byrne, 1906)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Oculospinus brevis Koefoed, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Pteridium alleni Byrne, 1906)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cataetyx alleni)
To FishBase (from synonym Cataetyx brevis (Koefoed, 1927))
To FishBase (from synonym Cataetyx leucos (Osório, 1917))
To FishBase (from synonym Oculospinus brevis Koefoed, 1927)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pteridium alleni Byrne, 1906)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Pteridium alleni Byrne, 1906)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
