WoRMS taxon details
Dibranchus spongiosa (Gilbert, 1890)
272614 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272614)
accepted
Species
Dibranchopsis spongiosa (Gilbert, 1890) · unaccepted
Dibranchus spongiosus (Gilbert, 1890) · unaccepted
Halieutaea spongiosa Gilbert, 1890 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Halieutaea spongiosa Gilbert, 1890) Gilbert, C. H. (1890). A preliminary report on the fishes collected by the steamer Albatross on the Pacific coast of North America during the year 1889, with descriptions of twelve new genera and ninety-two new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 13 (no. 797): 49-126., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.13-797.49 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Dibranchus spongiosa (Gilbert, 1890). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272614 on 2026-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Halieutaea spongiosa Gilbert, 1890) Gilbert, C. H. (1890). A preliminary report on the fishes collected by the steamer Albatross on the Pacific coast of North America during the year 1889, with descriptions of twelve new genera and ninety-two new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 13 (no. 797): 49-126., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.13-797.49 [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
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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]
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]
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]
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 (1 publication) (from synonym Dibranchus spongiosus (Gilbert, 1890))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Dibranchopsis spongiosa (Gilbert, 1890))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Halieutaea spongiosa Gilbert, 1890)
To FishBase (from synonym Halieutaea spongiosa Gilbert, 1890)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Dibranchus spongiosus (Gilbert, 1890))
To FishBase (from synonym Dibranchopsis spongiosa (Gilbert, 1890))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halieutaea spongiosa P12172 illustration) (from synonym Halieutaea spongiosa Gilbert, 1890)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halieutaea spongiosa P12174 illustration) (from synonym Halieutaea spongiosa Gilbert, 1890)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Dibranchopsis spongiosa (Gilbert, 1890))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Halieutaea spongiosa Gilbert, 1890)
To FishBase (from synonym Halieutaea spongiosa Gilbert, 1890)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Dibranchus spongiosus (Gilbert, 1890))
To FishBase (from synonym Dibranchopsis spongiosa (Gilbert, 1890))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halieutaea spongiosa P12172 illustration) (from synonym Halieutaea spongiosa Gilbert, 1890)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halieutaea spongiosa P12174 illustration) (from synonym Halieutaea spongiosa Gilbert, 1890)
To ITIS
