WoRMS taxon details
Cyttus traversi Hutton, 1872
217957 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217957)
accepted
Species
Cyttoides jacksoni Smith, 1947 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyttoidops mccullochi (Whitley, 1947) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyttus mccullochi Whitley, 1947 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cyttus ventralis Barnard & Davies, 1947 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Hutton, F. W. (1872). Fishes of New Zealand. Catalogue with diagnoses of the species. <em>Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department. Wellington.</em> 1-93 + 95-133, Pls. 1-12. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Cyttus traversi Hutton, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217957 on 2026-03-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Hutton, F. W. (1872). Fishes of New Zealand. Catalogue with diagnoses of the species. <em>Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department. Wellington.</em> 1-93 + 95-133, Pls. 1-12. [details]
original description (of Cyttus mccullochi Whitley, 1947) Whitley, G. P. (1947). New sharks and fishes from Western Australia. Part 3. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> v. 11 (pt 2): 129-150, Pl. 11. [details]
original description (of Cyttus ventralis Barnard & Davies, 1947) Barnard, K. H. and D. H. Davies. (1947). Description of a new fish of the family Zeidae from the Cape. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 11).</em> 13 (107) (76) (Nov. 1947): 790-792. [details]
original description (of Cyttoides jacksoni Smith, 1947) Smith, J. L. B. (1947). New species and new records of fishes from South Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 11).</em> v. 13 (no. 108) (art. 77): 793-821. [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 Cyttus mccullochi Whitley, 1947) Whitley, G. P. (1947). New sharks and fishes from Western Australia. Part 3. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> v. 11 (pt 2): 129-150, Pl. 11. [details]
original description (of Cyttus ventralis Barnard & Davies, 1947) Barnard, K. H. and D. H. Davies. (1947). Description of a new fish of the family Zeidae from the Cape. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 11).</em> 13 (107) (76) (Nov. 1947): 790-792. [details]
original description (of Cyttoides jacksoni Smith, 1947) Smith, J. L. B. (1947). New species and new records of fishes from South Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 11).</em> v. 13 (no. 108) (art. 77): 793-821. [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
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 King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [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 (17 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cyttus mccullochi Whitley, 1947)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cyttoidops mccullochi (Whitley, 1947))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyttus traversi)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyttus mccullochi Whitley, 1947)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cyttus ventralis Barnard & Davies, 1947)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyttoides jacksoni Smith, 1947)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyttoidops mccullochi (Whitley, 1947))
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cyttus mccullochi Whitley, 1947)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cyttoidops mccullochi (Whitley, 1947))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyttus traversi)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyttus mccullochi Whitley, 1947)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cyttus ventralis Barnard & Davies, 1947)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyttoides jacksoni Smith, 1947)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyttoidops mccullochi (Whitley, 1947))
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
