WoRMS taxon details
Omobranchus rotundiceps (MacLeay, 1881)
278022 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:278022)
accepted
Species
Graviceps angelus Whitley, 1959 · unaccepted (synonym)
Omobranchus angelus (Whitley, 1959) · unaccepted
Omobranchus rotundiceps rotundiceps (MacLeay, 1881) · unaccepted
Petroscirtes fasciolatus Macleay, 1881 · unaccepted (synonym)
Petroscirtes macleayi Ogilby, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Petroscirtes rotundiceps MacLeay, 1881 · unaccepted (synonym)
Salarias furcatus De Vis, 1884 · unaccepted
Salarias furtivus De Vis, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Subspecies Omobranchus rotundiceps obliquus (Garman, 1903) accepted as Omobranchus obliquus (Garman, 1903)
- Subspecies Omobranchus rotundiceps rotundiceps (MacLeay, 1881) accepted as Omobranchus rotundiceps (MacLeay, 1881)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Petroscirtes rotundiceps MacLeay, 1881) Macleay, W. (1881). Descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia. Part III. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 6 (pt 1): 1-138. [Continues on pp. 202-387]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Omobranchus rotundiceps (MacLeay, 1881). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278022 on 2025-05-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Petroscirtes rotundiceps MacLeay, 1881) Macleay, W. (1881). Descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia. Part III. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 6 (pt 1): 1-138. [Continues on pp. 202-387]. [details]
original description (of Petroscirtes macleayi Ogilby, 1886) Ogilby, J. D. (1886). Catalogue of the fishes of New South Wales, with their principal synonyms. <em>Thomas Richards, Sydney.</em> 1-67. [details]
original description (of Graviceps angelus Whitley, 1959) Whitley, G. P. (1959). Ichthyological snippets. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 12 (4): 310-323. [details]
original description (of Salarias furcatus De Vis, 1884) De Vis, C. W. (1884). New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 4. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 9 (pt 3): 685-698.
page(s): 696 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Petroscirtes macleayi Ogilby, 1886) Ogilby, J. D. (1886). Catalogue of the fishes of New South Wales, with their principal synonyms. <em>Thomas Richards, Sydney.</em> 1-67. [details]
original description (of Graviceps angelus Whitley, 1959) Whitley, G. P. (1959). Ichthyological snippets. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 12 (4): 310-323. [details]
original description (of Salarias furcatus De Vis, 1884) De Vis, C. W. (1884). New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 4. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 9 (pt 3): 685-698.
page(s): 696 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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 (06/2024)., 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)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Petroscirtes rotundiceps MacLeay, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Graviceps angelus Whitley, 1959)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Omobranchus rotundiceps rotundiceps (MacLeay, 1881))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Omobranchus rotundiceps)
To FishBase (from synonym Omobranchus angelus (Whitley, 1959))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Omobranchus rotundiceps rotundiceps (MacLeay, 1881))
To FishBase (from synonym Petroscirtes rotundiceps MacLeay, 1881)
To FishBase (from synonym Petroscirtes macleayi Ogilby, 1886)
To Fishbase (from synonym Petroscirtes macleayi Ogilby, 1886)
To FishBase (from synonym Salarias furtivus De Vis, 1886)
To Fishbase (from synonym Salarias furtivus De Vis, 1886)
To FishBase (from synonym Petroscirtes fasciolatus Macleay, 1881)
To Fishbase (from synonym Petroscirtes fasciolatus Macleay, 1881)
To Fishbase (from synonym Salarias furcatus De Vis, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Graviceps angelus Whitley, 1959)
To FishBase images (Omobranchus rotundiceps, Australia, by Good, P.)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Petroscirtes rotundiceps MacLeay, 1881)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Omobranchus rotundiceps RAD108134-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Omobranchus rotundiceps rotundiceps RAD108211-001) (from synonym Omobranchus rotundiceps rotundiceps (MacLeay, 1881))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Omobranchus rotundiceps rotundiceps RAD108212-001) (from synonym Omobranchus rotundiceps rotundiceps (MacLeay, 1881))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Petroscirtes fasciolatus RAD108175-001) (from synonym Petroscirtes fasciolatus Macleay, 1881)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Petroscirtes rotundiceps RAD108176-001) (from synonym Petroscirtes rotundiceps MacLeay, 1881)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Petroscirtes rotundiceps RAD108177-001) (from synonym Petroscirtes rotundiceps MacLeay, 1881)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Salarias furtivus RAD108180-001) (from synonym Salarias furtivus De Vis, 1886)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Petroscirtes rotundiceps MacLeay, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Graviceps angelus Whitley, 1959)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Omobranchus rotundiceps rotundiceps (MacLeay, 1881))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Omobranchus rotundiceps)
To FishBase (from synonym Omobranchus angelus (Whitley, 1959))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Omobranchus rotundiceps rotundiceps (MacLeay, 1881))
To FishBase (from synonym Petroscirtes rotundiceps MacLeay, 1881)
To FishBase (from synonym Petroscirtes macleayi Ogilby, 1886)
To Fishbase (from synonym Petroscirtes macleayi Ogilby, 1886)
To FishBase (from synonym Salarias furtivus De Vis, 1886)
To Fishbase (from synonym Salarias furtivus De Vis, 1886)
To FishBase (from synonym Petroscirtes fasciolatus Macleay, 1881)
To Fishbase (from synonym Petroscirtes fasciolatus Macleay, 1881)
To Fishbase (from synonym Salarias furcatus De Vis, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Graviceps angelus Whitley, 1959)
To FishBase images (Omobranchus rotundiceps, Australia, by Good, P.)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Petroscirtes rotundiceps MacLeay, 1881)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Omobranchus rotundiceps RAD108134-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Omobranchus rotundiceps rotundiceps RAD108211-001) (from synonym Omobranchus rotundiceps rotundiceps (MacLeay, 1881))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Omobranchus rotundiceps rotundiceps RAD108212-001) (from synonym Omobranchus rotundiceps rotundiceps (MacLeay, 1881))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Petroscirtes fasciolatus RAD108175-001) (from synonym Petroscirtes fasciolatus Macleay, 1881)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Petroscirtes rotundiceps RAD108176-001) (from synonym Petroscirtes rotundiceps MacLeay, 1881)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Petroscirtes rotundiceps RAD108177-001) (from synonym Petroscirtes rotundiceps MacLeay, 1881)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Salarias furtivus RAD108180-001) (from synonym Salarias furtivus De Vis, 1886)
To ITIS
