WoRMS taxon details
Pteragogus taeniops (Peters, 1855)
219055 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219055)
accepted
Species
Cossyphus taeniops Peters, 1855 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cossyphus taeniops Peters, 1855) Peters, W. (C. H.). (1855). Übersicht der in Mossambique beobachteten Seefische. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1855: 428-466. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pteragogus taeniops (Peters, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219055 on 2026-08-31
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cossyphus taeniops Peters, 1855) Peters, W. (C. H.). (1855). Übersicht der in Mossambique beobachteten Seefische. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1855: 428-466. [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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | cheekbar wrasse | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Cossyphus taeniops Peters, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pteragogus taeniops)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cossyphus taeniops Peters, 1855)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Cossyphus taeniops Peters, 1855)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Cossyphus taeniops Peters, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pteragogus taeniops)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cossyphus taeniops Peters, 1855)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Cossyphus taeniops Peters, 1855)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS