WoRMS taxon details
Centroscyllium ornatum (Alcock, 1889)
271624 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271624)
accepted
Species
Paracentroscyllium ornatum Alcock, 1889 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Paracentroscyllium ornatum Alcock, 1889) Alcock, A. (1889). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator', Commander Alfred Carpenter, R.N., D.S.O., commanding.---No. 13. On the bathybial fishes of the Bay of Bengal and neighbouring waters, obtained during the seasons 1885-1889. <em>The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology.</em> 4(6): 376-399., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19301868 [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Centroscyllium ornatum (Alcock, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271624 on 2026-05-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Paracentroscyllium ornatum Alcock, 1889) Alcock, A. (1889). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator', Commander Alfred Carpenter, R.N., D.S.O., commanding.---No. 13. On the bathybial fishes of the Bay of Bengal and neighbouring waters, obtained during the seasons 1885-1889. <em>The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology.</em> 4(6): 376-399., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19301868 [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
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Paracentroscyllium ornatum Alcock, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Paracentroscyllium ornatum Alcock, 1889)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Paracentroscyllium ornatum 1889; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3116813) (from synonym Paracentroscyllium ornatum Alcock, 1889)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Paracentroscyllium ornatum Alcock, 1889)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Paracentroscyllium ornatum 1889; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3116813) (from synonym Paracentroscyllium ornatum Alcock, 1889)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
