WoRMS taxon details
Ophioscion Gill, 1863
- Species Ophioscion adustus (Agassiz, 1831)
- Species Ophioscion costaricensis Caldwell, 1958
- Species Ophioscion imiceps (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
- Species Ophioscion panamensis Schultz, 1945
- Species Ophioscion scierus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1884)
- Species Ophioscion simulus Gilbert, 1898
- Species Ophioscion strabo Gilbert, 1897
- Species Ophioscion typicus Gill, 1863
- Species Ophioscion vermicularis (Günther, 1867)
- Species Ophioscion brasiliensis Schultz, 1945 accepted as Stellifer brasiliensis (Schultz, 1945)
- Species Ophioscion constaricensis Caldwell, 1958 accepted as Stellifer microps (Steindachner, 1864)
- Species Ophioscion costarricensis Caldwell, 1958 accepted as Ophioscion costaricensis Caldwell, 1958 (misspelling)
- Species Ophioscion gomezi Cervigón, 2011 accepted as Stellifer gomezi (Cervigón, 2011) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ophioscion microps (Steindachner, 1864) accepted as Stellifer microps (Steindachner, 1864)
- Species Ophioscion obscurus Hildebrand, 1946 accepted as Ophioscion scierus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1884)
- Species Ophioscion perissa (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903) accepted as Pareques perissa (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903) (senior synonym)
- Species Ophioscion punctatissimus Meek & Hildebrand, 1925 accepted as Stellifer punctatissimus (Meek & Hildebrand, 1925) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ophioscion sciera (Jordan & Gilbert, 1884) accepted as Ophioscion scierus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1884) (misspelling)
- Species Ophioscion venezuelae Schultz, 1945 accepted as Stellifer venezuelae (Schultz, 1945)
- Species Ophioscion woodwardi Fowler, 1937 accepted as Micropogonias furnieri (Desmarest, 1823)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gill, T. N. (1863). Descriptive enumeration of a collection of fishes from the western coast of Central America presented to the Smithsonian Institution by Captain John M. Dow. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 15: 162-174. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Ophioscion Gill, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=270101 on 2023-12-07
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original description
Gill, T. N. (1863). Descriptive enumeration of a collection of fishes from the western coast of Central America presented to the Smithsonian Institution by Captain John M. Dow. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 15: 162-174. [details]
taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
