WoRMS taxon details
Pleuragramma antarcticum Boulenger, 1902
234721 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234721)
accepted
Species
Pleuragramma antarctica Boulenger, 1902 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Boulenger, G. A. (1902). Pisces. <em>In: Report on the collections of natural history made in the Antarctic regions during the voyage of the "Southern Cross". [ ix, 344 p., 53 leaves of plates].</em> Pt 5: 174-189, Pls. 11-18. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pleuragramma antarcticum Boulenger, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234721 on 2026-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Boulenger, G. A. (1902). Pisces. <em>In: Report on the collections of natural history made in the Antarctic regions during the voyage of the "Southern Cross". [ ix, 344 p., 53 leaves of plates].</em> Pt 5: 174-189, Pls. 11-18. [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 (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Vacchi, M.; Pisano, E.; Ghigliotti, L. (2017). The Antarctic Silverfish: a Keystone Species in a Changing Ecosystem. <em>Advances in Polar Ecology.</em> Publisher Springer Cham. 978-3-319-55891-2 Published: 10 May 2017., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55893-6 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Vacchi, M.; DeVries, A. L.; Evans, C. W.; Bottaro, M.; Ghigliotti, L.; Cutroneo, L.; Pisano, E. (2012). A nursery area for the Antarctic silverfish Pleuragramma antarcticum at Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea): first estimate of distribution and abundance of eggs and larvae under the seasonal sea-ice. <em>Polar Biology.</em> 35(10): 1573-1585., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-012-1199-y [details] Available for editors
[request]
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. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Vacchi, M.; Pisano, E.; Ghigliotti, L. (2017). The Antarctic Silverfish: a Keystone Species in a Changing Ecosystem. <em>Advances in Polar Ecology.</em> Publisher Springer Cham. 978-3-319-55891-2 Published: 10 May 2017., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55893-6 [details] Available for editors
additional source Vacchi, M.; DeVries, A. L.; Evans, C. W.; Bottaro, M.; Ghigliotti, L.; Cutroneo, L.; Pisano, E. (2012). A nursery area for the Antarctic silverfish Pleuragramma antarcticum at Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea): first estimate of distribution and abundance of eggs and larvae under the seasonal sea-ice. <em>Polar Biology.</em> 35(10): 1573-1585., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-012-1199-y [details] Available for editors
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Antarctic silverfish | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (73 barcodes) (from synonym Pleuragramma antarctica Boulenger, 1902)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pleuragramma antarctica) (from synonym Pleuragramma antarctica Boulenger, 1902)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuragramma antarctica Boulenger, 1902)
To GenBank (274 nucleotides; 137 proteins)
To GenBank (274 nucleotides; 137 proteins) (from synonym Pleuragramma antarctica Boulenger, 1902)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Pleuragramma antarctica Boulenger, 1902)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pleuragramma antarctica) (from synonym Pleuragramma antarctica Boulenger, 1902)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuragramma antarctica Boulenger, 1902)
To GenBank (274 nucleotides; 137 proteins)
To GenBank (274 nucleotides; 137 proteins) (from synonym Pleuragramma antarctica Boulenger, 1902)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Pleuragramma antarctica Boulenger, 1902)
To ITIS