WoRMS taxon details
Stellifer venezuelae (Schultz, 1945)
276170 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276170)
accepted
Species
Ophioscion venezuelae Schultz, 1945 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophioscion venezuelae Schultz, 1945) Schultz, L. P. (1945). Three new sciaenid fishes of the genus Ophioscion from the Atlantic coasts of Central and South America. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 96 (no. 3192): 123-137., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.96-3192.123 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Stellifer venezuelae (Schultz, 1945). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276170 on 2026-06-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ophioscion venezuelae Schultz, 1945) Schultz, L. P. (1945). Three new sciaenid fishes of the genus Ophioscion from the Atlantic coasts of Central and South America. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 96 (no. 3192): 123-137., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.96-3192.123 [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 (2 publications) (from synonym Ophioscion venezuelae Schultz, 1945)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophioscion venezuelae Schultz, 1945)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophioscion venezuelae P08930 illustration) (from synonym Ophioscion venezuelae Schultz, 1945)
To ITIS
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophioscion venezuelae Schultz, 1945)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophioscion venezuelae P08930 illustration) (from synonym Ophioscion venezuelae Schultz, 1945)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
