WoRMS taxon details
Hoplolatilus cuniculus Randall & Dooley, 1974
218374 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218374)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Randall, J. E.; Dooley, J. K. (1974). Revision of the Indo-Pacific branchiostegid fish genus Hoplolatilus, with descriptions of two new species. <em>Copeia 1974.</em> (2): 457-471. [details]
Description Inhabits muddy to rubbly or rubble-sand areas of outer reef slopes. Observed a meter above the substrate and retreats to a...
Description Inhabits muddy to rubbly or rubble-sand areas of outer reef slopes. Observed a meter above the substrate and retreats to a burrow when threatened. Stomach contents consist of calanoid copepods (58% by volume), larveceans (20%), siphonophores (20%), and fish eggs (2%) (Ref. 8991). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hoplolatilus cuniculus Randall & Dooley, 1974. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218374 on 2025-04-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Randall, J. E.; Dooley, J. K. (1974). Revision of the Indo-Pacific branchiostegid fish genus Hoplolatilus, with descriptions of two new species. <em>Copeia 1974.</em> (2): 457-471. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits muddy to rubbly or rubble-sand areas of outer reef slopes. Observed a meter above the substrate and retreats to a burrow when threatened. Stomach contents consist of calanoid copepods (58% by volume), larveceans (20%), siphonophores (20%), and fish eggs (2%) (Ref. 8991). [details]
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hoplolatilus cuniculus)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Hoplolatilus cuniculus, Tahiti, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hoplolatilus cuniculus FIN030773 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hoplolatilus cuniculus FIN030775 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hoplolatilus cuniculus)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Hoplolatilus cuniculus, Tahiti, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hoplolatilus cuniculus FIN030773 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hoplolatilus cuniculus FIN030775 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
