WoRMS taxon details
Synchiropus phaeton (Günther, 1861)
126798 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126798)
accepted
Species
Callionymus phaeton Günther, 1861 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Callionymus phaeton Günther, 1861) Günther, A. (1861). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gobiidae, Discoboli, Pediculati, Blenniidae, Labyrinthici, Mugilidae, Notacanthi. <em>London.</em> v. 3: i-xxv + 1-586 + i-x. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Synchiropus phaeton (Günther, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126798 on 2025-11-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Callionymus phaeton Günther, 1861) Günther, A. (1861). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gobiidae, Discoboli, Pediculati, Blenniidae, Labyrinthici, Mugilidae, Notacanthi. <em>London.</em> v. 3: i-xxv + 1-586 + i-x. [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). (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
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Callionymus phaeton Günther, 1861)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Synchiropus phaeton)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Callionymus phaeton Günther, 1861)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Callionymus phaeton Günther, 1861)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Synchiropus phaeton USNM 405115 photograph dorsal view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Synchiropus phaeton USNM 405115 photograph lateral view)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Callionymus phaeton Günther, 1861)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Synchiropus phaeton)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Callionymus phaeton Günther, 1861)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Callionymus phaeton Günther, 1861)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Synchiropus phaeton USNM 405115 photograph dorsal view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Synchiropus phaeton USNM 405115 photograph lateral view)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
