WoRMS taxon details
Thamnaconus modestoides (Barnard, 1927)
220079 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220079)
accepted
Species
Cantherhines modestoides Barnard, 1927 · unaccepted
Cantherines modestoides Barnard, 1927 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Thamnaconus modestoides erythraeensis Bauchot & Maugé, 1978 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Subspecies Thamnaconus modestoides erythraeensis Bauchot & Maugé, 1978 accepted as Thamnaconus modestoides (Barnard, 1927) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cantherines modestoides Barnard, 1927) Barnard, K. H. (1927). Diagnoses of new genera and species of South African marine fishes. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9).</em> 20 (115) (8): 66-79., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932708655566 [details]
Description Lives on trawling grounds.
Description Lives on trawling grounds. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Thamnaconus modestoides (Barnard, 1927). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220079 on 2026-02-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cantherines modestoides Barnard, 1927) Barnard, K. H. (1927). Diagnoses of new genera and species of South African marine fishes. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9).</em> 20 (115) (8): 66-79., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932708655566 [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] 
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [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
[request]
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 Lives on trawling grounds. [details]Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (17 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cantherines modestoides Barnard, 1927)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cantherines modestoides Barnard, 1927)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cantherhines modestoides Barnard, 1927)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thamnaconus modestoides)
To FishBase (from synonym Thamnaconus modestoides erythraeensis Bauchot & Maugé, 1978)
To FishBase (from synonym Cantherhines modestoides Barnard, 1927)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cantherines modestoides Barnard, 1927)
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Cantherhines modestoides Barnard, 1927)
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Cantherines modestoides Barnard, 1927)
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Thamnaconus modestoides FIN030944 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cantherines modestoides Barnard, 1927)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cantherines modestoides Barnard, 1927)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cantherhines modestoides Barnard, 1927)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thamnaconus modestoides)
To FishBase (from synonym Thamnaconus modestoides erythraeensis Bauchot & Maugé, 1978)
To FishBase (from synonym Cantherhines modestoides Barnard, 1927)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cantherines modestoides Barnard, 1927)
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Cantherhines modestoides Barnard, 1927)
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Cantherines modestoides Barnard, 1927)
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Thamnaconus modestoides FIN030944 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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