WoRMS taxon details
Champsocephalus esox (Günther, 1861)
234719 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234719)
accepted
Species
Chaenichthys esox Günther, 1861 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chaenichthys esox Günther, 1861) Günther, A. (1861). On three new trachinoid fishes. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3).</em> v7 (no. 38) (art. 12): 85-90, Pl. 10A. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Champsocephalus esox (Günther, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234719 on 2026-01-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chaenichthys esox Günther, 1861) Günther, A. (1861). On three new trachinoid fishes. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3).</em> v7 (no. 38) (art. 12): 85-90, Pl. 10A. [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
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 | pike icefish | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Chaenichthys esox Günther, 1861)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Champsocephalus esox)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chaenichthys esox Günther, 1861)
To GenBank (2148 nucleotides; 31086 proteins) (from synonym Chaenichthys esox Günther, 1861)
To GenBank (2148 nucleotides; 31086 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Chaenichthys esox Günther, 1861)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Champsocephalus esox)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chaenichthys esox Günther, 1861)
To GenBank (2148 nucleotides; 31086 proteins) (from synonym Chaenichthys esox Günther, 1861)
To GenBank (2148 nucleotides; 31086 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS