WoRMS taxon details
Cymatoceps nasutus (Castelnau, 1861)
218601 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218601)
accepted
Species
Chrysophrys nasutus Castelnau, 1861 · unaccepted
Pagrus nigripinnis Boulenger, 1903 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chrysophrys nasutus Castelnau, 1861) Castelnau, F. L. (1861). Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe. <em>Paris.</em> i-vii + 1-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1722840#page/9/mode/1up [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Cymatoceps nasutus (Castelnau, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218601 on 2026-03-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pagrus nigripinnis Boulenger, 1903) Boulenger, G. A. (1903). Descriptions of six new perciform fishes from the coast of Natal. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> v. 3 (pt 3): 63-67, Pls. 2-7. [details]
original description (of Chrysophrys nasutus Castelnau, 1861) Castelnau, F. L. (1861). Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe. <em>Paris.</em> i-vii + 1-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1722840#page/9/mode/1up [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]
original description (of Chrysophrys nasutus Castelnau, 1861) Castelnau, F. L. (1861). Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe. <em>Paris.</em> i-vii + 1-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1722840#page/9/mode/1up [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 (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Chrysophrys nasutus Castelnau, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Pagrus nigripinnis Boulenger, 1903)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cymatoceps nasutus)
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysophrys nasutus Castelnau, 1861)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pagrus nigripinnis Boulenger, 1903)
To GenBank (560 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Chrysophrys nasutus Castelnau, 1861)
To GenBank (560 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Chrysophrys nasutus Castelnau, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Pagrus nigripinnis Boulenger, 1903)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cymatoceps nasutus)
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysophrys nasutus Castelnau, 1861)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pagrus nigripinnis Boulenger, 1903)
To GenBank (560 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Chrysophrys nasutus Castelnau, 1861)
To GenBank (560 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS