WoRMS taxon details
Chlorophthalmus corniger Alcock, 1894
272056 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272056)
accepted
Species
Chlorophthalmus bicornis Norman, 1939 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Alcock, A. W. (1894). Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,', Commander C. F. Oldham, R. N., commanding. Series II., No. 11. An account of a recent collection of bathybial fishes from the Bay of Bengal and from the Laccadive Sea. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> v. 63 (pt 2): 115-137, Pls. 6-7. [Also as a separate, pp. 1-23, with original pagination at bottom.]. [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Chlorophthalmus corniger Alcock, 1894. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272056 on 2026-08-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Alcock, A. W. (1894). Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,', Commander C. F. Oldham, R. N., commanding. Series II., No. 11. An account of a recent collection of bathybial fishes from the Bay of Bengal and from the Laccadive Sea. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> v. 63 (pt 2): 115-137, Pls. 6-7. [Also as a separate, pp. 1-23, with original pagination at bottom.]. [details]
original description (of Chlorophthalmus bicornis Norman, 1939) Norman, J. R. (1939). Fishes. The John Murray Expedition 1933-34. <em>Scientific Reports, John Murray Expedition.</em> 7 (1): 1-116. [details]
original description (of Chlorophthalmus bicornis Norman, 1939) Norman, J. R. (1939). Fishes. The John Murray Expedition 1933-34. <em>Scientific Reports, John Murray Expedition.</em> 7 (1): 1-116. [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 Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chlorophthalmus bicornis) (from synonym Chlorophthalmus bicornis Norman, 1939)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chlorophthalmus corniger)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chlorophthalmus bicornis Norman, 1939)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Chlorophthalmus bicornis Norman, 1939)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Chlorophthalmus bicornis Norman, 1939; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2518045) (from synonym Chlorophthalmus bicornis Norman, 1939)
To NMNH Extant Collection (136523_136524 Collections Data)
To NMNH Extant Collection (136523_136524 Collections Data)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chlorophthalmus bicornis) (from synonym Chlorophthalmus bicornis Norman, 1939)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chlorophthalmus corniger)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chlorophthalmus bicornis Norman, 1939)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Chlorophthalmus bicornis Norman, 1939)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Chlorophthalmus bicornis Norman, 1939; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2518045) (from synonym Chlorophthalmus bicornis Norman, 1939)
To NMNH Extant Collection (136523_136524 Collections Data)
To NMNH Extant Collection (136523_136524 Collections Data)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
