WoRMS taxon details
Paracentropogon longispinis (Cuvier, 1829)
277236 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:277236)
accepted
Species
Apistus longispinis Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted
Centropogon indicus Day, 1875 · unaccepted
Paracentropogon longispinnis (Cuvier, 1829) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Paracentropogon longispinus (Cuvier, 1829) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Apistus longispinis Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. <em>Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée.</em> 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis.
page(s): 408 [details]
page(s): 408 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Paracentropogon longispinis (Cuvier, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277236 on 2026-03-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Apistus longispinis Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. <em>Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée.</em> 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis.
page(s): 408 [details]
original description (of Centropogon indicus Day, 1875) Day, F. (1875). The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon. <em>London.</em> Part 1: 1-168, Pls. 1-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.62705
page(s): 155, Pl. 38 (fig. 2) [details]
page(s): 408 [details]
original description (of Centropogon indicus Day, 1875) Day, F. (1875). The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon. <em>London.</em> Part 1: 1-168, Pls. 1-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.62705
page(s): 155, Pl. 38 (fig. 2) [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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | wispy waspfish [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Paracentropogon longispinus (Cuvier, 1829))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Apistus longispinis Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Centropogon indicus Day, 1875)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paracentropogon longispinis)
To FishBase (from synonym Paracentropogon longispinus (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Paracentropogon longispinnis (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Apistus longispinis Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Centropogon indicus Day, 1875)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Apistus longispinis Cuvier, 1829)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Paracentropogon longispinus (Cuvier, 1829))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Apistus longispinis Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Centropogon indicus Day, 1875)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paracentropogon longispinis)
To FishBase (from synonym Paracentropogon longispinus (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Paracentropogon longispinnis (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Apistus longispinis Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Centropogon indicus Day, 1875)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Apistus longispinis Cuvier, 1829)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
