WoRMS taxon details
Chrysoblephus anglicus (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
218595 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218595)
accepted
Species
Chrysophrys anglicus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chrysophrys anglicus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) Gilchrist, J. D. F.; Thompson, W. W. (1908). Descriptions of fishes from the coast of Natal. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> v. 6 (pt 2): 145-206. [details]
Description Found offshore. May occur singly or in small groups. Feeds on crabs, hermit crabs, shrimps, bivalve molluscs, squid and...
Description Found offshore. May occur singly or in small groups. Feeds on crabs, hermit crabs, shrimps, bivalve molluscs, squid and sometimes other small fish (Ref. 3670). Sold fresh and whole in markets. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Chrysoblephus anglicus (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218595 on 2025-06-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chrysophrys anglicus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) Gilchrist, J. D. F.; Thompson, W. W. (1908). Descriptions of fishes from the coast of Natal. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> v. 6 (pt 2): 145-206. [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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found offshore. May occur singly or in small groups. Feeds on crabs, hermit crabs, shrimps, bivalve molluscs, squid and sometimes other small fish (Ref. 3670). Sold fresh and whole in markets. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Englishman seabream | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (22 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Chrysophrys anglicus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chrysoblephus anglicus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysophrys anglicus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
To FishBase images (Chrysoblephus anglicus, South Africa, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Chrysophrys anglicus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chrysoblephus anglicus FIN034373 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Chrysophrys anglicus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chrysoblephus anglicus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysophrys anglicus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
To FishBase images (Chrysoblephus anglicus, South Africa, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Chrysophrys anglicus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chrysoblephus anglicus FIN034373 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
