WoRMS taxon details
Opistognathus papuensis Bleeker, 1868
276470 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276470)
accepted
Species
Opisthognathus papuensis Bleeker, 1868 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bleeker, P. (1868). Description de trois espèces inédites des poissons des îles d'Amboine et de Waigiou. <em>Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2).</em> v. 2: 331-335, 1 pl. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Opistognathus papuensis Bleeker, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276470 on 2025-12-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Bleeker, P. (1868). Description de trois espèces inédites des poissons des îles d'Amboine et de Waigiou. <em>Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2).</em> v. 2: 331-335, 1 pl. [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). (2025). 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 (4 publications) (from synonym Opisthognathus papuensis Bleeker, 1868)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Opisthognathus papuensis Bleeker, 1868)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opisthognathus papuensis RAD119697-001) (from synonym Opisthognathus papuensis Bleeker, 1868)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opistognathus papuensis RAD119706-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opistognathus papuensis RAD119713-001)
To ITIS
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Opisthognathus papuensis Bleeker, 1868)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opisthognathus papuensis RAD119697-001) (from synonym Opisthognathus papuensis Bleeker, 1868)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opistognathus papuensis RAD119706-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opistognathus papuensis RAD119713-001)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
