WoRMS taxon details
Coryphopterus glaucofraenum Gill, 1863
159736 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159736)
accepted
Species
- Subspecies Coryphopterus glaucofraenum venezuelae Cervigón, 1966 accepted as Coryphopterus venezuelae Cervigón, 1966
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gill, T. N. (1863). Descriptions of the gobioid genera of the western coast of temperate North America. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 15: 262-267., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1958526#page/268/mode/1up [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA and Bermuda to Cabo San Roque, Brazil; throughout the Caribbean Sea
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA and Bermuda to Cabo San Roque, Brazil; throughout the Caribbean Sea [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Coryphopterus glaucofraenum Gill, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159736 on 2025-04-27
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Nomenclature
original description
Gill, T. N. (1863). Descriptions of the gobioid genera of the western coast of temperate North America. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 15: 262-267., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1958526#page/268/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [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 (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [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 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 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 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
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA and Bermuda to Cabo San Roque, Brazil; throughout the Caribbean Sea [details]Habitat benthic [details]
To Barcode of Life (245 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coryphopterus glaucofraenum)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Coryphopterus glaucofraenum, Brazil, by Bertoncini, A.A.)
To GenBank (225 nucleotides; 220 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Coryphopterus glaucofraenum USNM 414311 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Coryphopterus glaucofraenum USNM 414312 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coryphopterus glaucofraenum)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Coryphopterus glaucofraenum, Brazil, by Bertoncini, A.A.)
To GenBank (225 nucleotides; 220 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Coryphopterus glaucofraenum USNM 414311 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Coryphopterus glaucofraenum USNM 414312 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
