WoRMS taxon details
Sphoeroides marmoratus (Lowe, 1838)
127416 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127416)
accepted
Species
Tetrodon marmoratus Lowe, 1838 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tetrodon marmoratus Lowe, 1838) Lowe, R. T. (1838). A synopsis of the fishes of Madeira; with the principal synonyms, Portuguese names, and characters of the new genera and species. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> v. 2 (pt 3, art. 14): 173-200. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Sphoeroides marmoratus (Lowe, 1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127416 on 2026-04-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tetrodon marmoratus Lowe, 1838) Lowe, R. T. (1838). A synopsis of the fishes of Madeira; with the principal synonyms, Portuguese names, and characters of the new genera and species. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> v. 2 (pt 3, art. 14): 173-200. [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 Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors
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additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [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 Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [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 (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Tetrodon marmoratus Lowe, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphoeroides marmoratus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrodon marmoratus Lowe, 1838)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Tetrodon marmoratus Lowe, 1838)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sphoeroides marmoratus USNM 405093 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sphoeroides marmoratus USNM 405094 photograph lateral view)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Tetrodon marmoratus Lowe, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphoeroides marmoratus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrodon marmoratus Lowe, 1838)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Tetrodon marmoratus Lowe, 1838)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sphoeroides marmoratus USNM 405093 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sphoeroides marmoratus USNM 405094 photograph lateral view)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
