WoRMS taxon details
Harpagifer bispinis (Forster, 1801)
234626 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234626)
accepted
Species
Batrachus bispinis Forster, 1801 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Harpagifer bispinis antarcticus Nybelin, 1947 accepted as Harpagifer antarcticus Nybelin, 1947
- Subspecies Harpagifer bispinis georgianus Nybelin, 1947 accepted as Harpagifer georgianus Nybelin, 1947
- Subspecies Harpagifer bispinis kerguelensis Nybelin, 1947 accepted as Harpagifer kerguelensis Nybelin, 1947
- Subspecies Harpagifer bispinis palliolatus Richardson, 1845 accepted as Harpagifer palliolatus Richardson, 1845
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Batrachus bispinis Forster, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 45 [details]
page(s): 45 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Harpagifer bispinis (Forster, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234626 on 2026-01-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Batrachus bispinis Forster, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 45 [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]
page(s): 45 [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
additional source
Koubbi, P., G. Duhamel & S. Pavoine. (2006). The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species: Pisces. <em>World Wide Web electronic publication.</em> , available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/ramspisces.php [details]
additional source Duhamel G, Gasco N and Davaine P, 2005. Poissons des Iles Kerguelen et Crozet. Paris : Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 2005. [details]
additional source Duhamel G, Gasco N and Davaine P, 2005. Poissons des Iles Kerguelen et Crozet. Paris : Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 2005. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Magellan plunderfish | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Batrachus bispinis Forster, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Harpagifer bispinis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Batrachus bispinis Forster, 1801)
To GenBank (876 nucleotides; 55 proteins)
To GenBank (876 nucleotides; 55 proteins) (from synonym Batrachus bispinis Forster, 1801)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Batrachus bispinis Forster, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Harpagifer bispinis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Batrachus bispinis Forster, 1801)
To GenBank (876 nucleotides; 55 proteins)
To GenBank (876 nucleotides; 55 proteins) (from synonym Batrachus bispinis Forster, 1801)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
