WoRMS taxon details
Othos Castelnau, 1875
Chenia Fowler, 1958 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cherna · unaccepted (misspelling)
- Species Othos dentex (Cuvier, 1828)
- Species Othos cephalotes Castelnau, 1875 accepted as Othos dentex (Cuvier, 1828)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Castelnau, F. L. (1875). Researches on the fishes of Australia.Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria. <em>Intercolonial Exhibition Essays.</em> Part VII (II): 1-52. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Othos Castelnau, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=270139 on 2026-01-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Castelnau, F. L. (1875). Researches on the fishes of Australia.Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria. <em>Intercolonial Exhibition Essays.</em> Part VII (II): 1-52. [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]
