WoRMS taxon details
Anarrhichthys Ayres, 1855
Anarhichthys · unaccepted (misspelling)
- Species Anarrhichthys ocellatus Ayres, 1855
- Species Anarrhichthys felis Girard, 1858 accepted as Anarrhichthys ocellatus Ayres, 1855 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Ayres, W. O. (1855). [Description of new fishes from California.]. <em>(Minutes of Academy meetings were printed in "The Pacific" (a newspaper) shortly after each meeting. New species date to publication in The Pacific. Dates of publication are given in each species account). The Pacific [newspaper].</em> v. 4 (nos 7-22). [Also appeared in Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci. v. 1.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Anarrhichthys Ayres, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=268306 on 2026-02-26
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
Ayres, W. O. (1855). [Description of new fishes from California.]. <em>(Minutes of Academy meetings were printed in "The Pacific" (a newspaper) shortly after each meeting. New species date to publication in The Pacific. Dates of publication are given in each species account). The Pacific [newspaper].</em> v. 4 (nos 7-22). [Also appeared in Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci. v. 1.]. [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
