WoRMS taxon details
Apogon nitidus (Smith, 1961)
209333 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209333)
accepted
Species
Ostorhinchus nitidus Smith, 1961 · unaccepted
Ostorhynchus nitidus Smith, 1961 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ostorhynchus nitidus Smith, 1961) Smith, J.L.B. (1961). Fishes of the family Apogonidae of the Western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 22: 373-418, Pls. 46-52. [details]
Type locality contained in Inhaca Island
type locality contained in Inhaca Island [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Apogon nitidus (Smith, 1961). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209333 on 2026-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ostorhynchus nitidus Smith, 1961) Smith, J.L.B. (1961). Fishes of the family Apogonidae of the Western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 22: 373-418, Pls. 46-52. [details]
original description (of Ostorhinchus nitidus Smith, 1961) Smith, J.L.B. (1961). Fishes of the family Apogonidae of the Western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 22: 373-418, Pls. 46-52. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Ostorhinchus nitidus Smith, 1961) Smith, J.L.B. (1961). Fishes of the family Apogonidae of the Western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 22: 373-418, Pls. 46-52. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To FishBase (from synonym Ostorhynchus nitidus Smith, 1961)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ostorhinchus nitidus Smith, 1961)
To ITIS
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ostorhinchus nitidus Smith, 1961)
To ITIS
