WoRMS taxon details
Chrysoblephus cristiceps (Valenciennes, 1830)
218597 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218597)
accepted
Species
Chrysophrys cristiceps Valenciennes, 1830 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chrysophrys cristiceps Valenciennes, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Chrysoblephus cristiceps (Valenciennes, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218597 on 2026-03-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chrysophrys cristiceps Valenciennes, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [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]
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] 
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Chrysophrys cristiceps Valenciennes, 1830)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chrysoblephus cristiceps)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysophrys cristiceps Valenciennes, 1830)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Chrysophrys cristiceps Valenciennes, 1830)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Chrysophrys cristiceps Valenciennes, 1830)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chrysoblephus cristiceps)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysophrys cristiceps Valenciennes, 1830)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Chrysophrys cristiceps Valenciennes, 1830)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To ITIS