WoRMS taxon details
Callionymus belcheri Richardson, 1844
273164 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273164)
accepted
Species
Callionymus belcheri belcheri Richardson, 1844 · unaccepted
Callionymus belcheri recurvispinis (Li, 1966) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Callionymus belcheri recurvispinnis (Li, 1966) · unaccepted
Callionymus recurvispinis (Li, 1966) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Callionymus recurvispinnis (Li, 1966) · unaccepted
Calliurichthys belcheri (Richardson, 1844) · unaccepted
Calliurichthys recurvispinis Li, 1966 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Calliurichthys recurvispinnis Li, 1966 · unaccepted
Repomucenus belcheri (Richardson, 1844) · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
- Subspecies Callionymus belcheri belcheri Richardson, 1844 accepted as Callionymus belcheri Richardson, 1844
- Subspecies Callionymus belcheri recurvispinis (Li, 1966) accepted as Callionymus belcheri Richardson, 1844 (misspelling)
- Subspecies Callionymus belcheri recurvispinnis (Li, 1966) accepted as Callionymus belcheri Richardson, 1844
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Richardson, J. (1844). Ichthyology.--Part 1. In R. B. Hinds (ed.) The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, R. N., C. B., F. R. G. S., etc., during the years 1836-42, No. 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 51-70, Pls. 35-44. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Callionymus belcheri Richardson, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273164 on 2026-05-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Richardson, J. (1844). Ichthyology.--Part 1. In R. B. Hinds (ed.) The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, R. N., C. B., F. R. G. S., etc., during the years 1836-42, No. 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 51-70, Pls. 35-44. [details]
original description (of Calliurichthys recurvispinnis Li, 1966) Li, S.-C. (1966). New species and new Chinese records of callionymid fishes from the South China Sea. <em>Acta Zoologica Sinica.</em> 3 (2): 167-176 [English 173-176]. [In Chinese and English.]. [details]
original description (of Calliurichthys recurvispinis Li, 1966) Li, S.-C. (1966). New species and new Chinese records of callionymid fishes from the South China Sea. <em>Acta Zoologica Sinica.</em> 3 (2): 167-176 [English 173-176]. [In Chinese and English.]. [details]
original description (of Calliurichthys recurvispinnis Li, 1966) Li, S.-C. (1966). New species and new Chinese records of callionymid fishes from the South China Sea. <em>Acta Zoologica Sinica.</em> 3 (2): 167-176 [English 173-176]. [In Chinese and English.]. [details]
original description (of Calliurichthys recurvispinis Li, 1966) Li, S.-C. (1966). New species and new Chinese records of callionymid fishes from the South China Sea. <em>Acta Zoologica Sinica.</em> 3 (2): 167-176 [English 173-176]. [In Chinese and English.]. [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 (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [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]
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 (1 barcode) (from synonym Repomucenus belcheri (Richardson, 1844))
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Calliurichthys belcheri (Richardson, 1844))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Callionymus recurvispinnis (Li, 1966))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Repomucenus belcheri) (from synonym Repomucenus belcheri (Richardson, 1844))
To FishBase (from synonym Callionymus belcheri recurvispinis (Li, 1966))
To FishBase (from synonym Callionymus recurvispinis (Li, 1966))
To FishBase (from synonym Calliurichthys recurvispinis Li, 1966)
To FishBase (from synonym Callionymus recurvispinnis (Li, 1966))
To FishBase (from synonym Calliurichthys recurvispinnis Li, 1966)
To FishBase (from synonym Callionymus belcheri belcheri Richardson, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Callionymus belcheri recurvispinnis (Li, 1966))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Calliurichthys belcheri (Richardson, 1844))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Repomucenus belcheri (Richardson, 1844))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Calliurichthys belcheri (Richardson, 1844))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Callionymus recurvispinnis (Li, 1966))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Repomucenus belcheri) (from synonym Repomucenus belcheri (Richardson, 1844))
To FishBase (from synonym Callionymus belcheri recurvispinis (Li, 1966))
To FishBase (from synonym Callionymus recurvispinis (Li, 1966))
To FishBase (from synonym Calliurichthys recurvispinis Li, 1966)
To FishBase (from synonym Callionymus recurvispinnis (Li, 1966))
To FishBase (from synonym Calliurichthys recurvispinnis Li, 1966)
To FishBase (from synonym Callionymus belcheri belcheri Richardson, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Callionymus belcheri recurvispinnis (Li, 1966))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Calliurichthys belcheri (Richardson, 1844))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Repomucenus belcheri (Richardson, 1844))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
