WoRMS taxon details
Wattsia mossambica (Smith, 1957)
218586 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218586)
accepted
Species
Gnathodentex mossambicus Smith, 1957 · unaccepted
Wattsia mossambicus (Smith, 1957) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gnathodentex mossambicus Smith, 1957) Smith, J. L. B. (1957). Deep-line fishing in northern Mozambique, with the description of a new pentapodid fish. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12).</em> v. 10 (no. 110): 121-124, Pl. 1. [details]
Description Inhabits the outer edge of the continental shelf. Feeds on bottom-living invertebrates and small fishes. Caught mainly with...
Description Inhabits the outer edge of the continental shelf. Feeds on bottom-living invertebrates and small fishes. Caught mainly with bottom longlines and bottom trawls (Ref. 9775). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Wattsia mossambica (Smith, 1957). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218586 on 2025-04-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gnathodentex mossambicus Smith, 1957) Smith, J. L. B. (1957). Deep-line fishing in northern Mozambique, with the description of a new pentapodid fish. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12).</em> v. 10 (no. 110): 121-124, Pl. 1. [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
context source (HKRMS)
Chan, W. L.; Chilvers, R. M. (1974). A revision of the Indo-Pacific spariform percoids of the Monotaxinae, with the description of a new genus Wattsia. <em>Hong Kong Fisheries Bulletin.</em> 4. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits the outer edge of the continental shelf. Feeds on bottom-living invertebrates and small fishes. Caught mainly with bottom longlines and bottom trawls (Ref. 9775). [details]
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Wattsia mossambicus (Smith, 1957))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gnathodentex mossambicus Smith, 1957)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Wattsia mossambica)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gnathodentex mossambicus Smith, 1957)
To FishBase (from synonym Wattsia mossambicus (Smith, 1957))
To FishBase images (Wattsia mossambica, Ryukyu Is., by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Gnathodentex mossambicus Smith, 1957)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Wattsia mossambica FIN030611 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Wattsia mossambica FIN030612 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Wattsia mossambicus (Smith, 1957))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gnathodentex mossambicus Smith, 1957)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Wattsia mossambica)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gnathodentex mossambicus Smith, 1957)
To FishBase (from synonym Wattsia mossambicus (Smith, 1957))
To FishBase images (Wattsia mossambica, Ryukyu Is., by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Gnathodentex mossambicus Smith, 1957)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Wattsia mossambica FIN030611 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Wattsia mossambica FIN030612 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
