WoRMS taxon details
Chelidonichthys capensis (Cuvier, 1829)
218120 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218120)
accepted
Species
Chelidonyctis capensis (Cuvier, 1829) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Trigla capensis Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Trigla capensis Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. <em>Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée.</em> 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis.
page(s): 55 [details]
page(s): 55 [details]
Description Found over sandy and muddy bottoms in coastal areas. Feeds on crustaceans, especially crabs (Ref. 5213).
Description Found over sandy and muddy bottoms in coastal areas. Feeds on crustaceans, especially crabs (Ref. 5213). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Chelidonichthys capensis (Cuvier, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218120 on 2026-03-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Trigla capensis Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. <em>Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée.</em> 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis.
page(s): 55 [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]
page(s): 55 [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found over sandy and muddy bottoms in coastal areas. Feeds on crustaceans, especially crabs (Ref. 5213). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Cape gurnard | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Trigla capensis Cuvier, 1829)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chelidonichthys capensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Trigla capensis Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Chelidonyctis capensis (Cuvier, 1829))
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Trigla capensis Cuvier, 1829)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Trigla capensis Cuvier, 1829)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chelidonichthys capensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Trigla capensis Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Chelidonyctis capensis (Cuvier, 1829))
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Trigla capensis Cuvier, 1829)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
