WoRMS taxon details
Champsodon vorax Günther, 1867
278648 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:278648)
accepted
Species
Champsodon microphthalmus Regan, 1908 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Günther, A. (1867). Descriptions of some new or little-known species of fishes in the collection of the British Museum. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867.</em> (pt 1) (art. 2): 99-104, Pl. 10. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Champsodon vorax Günther, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278648 on 2025-07-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Günther, A. (1867). Descriptions of some new or little-known species of fishes in the collection of the British Museum. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867.</em> (pt 1) (art. 2): 99-104, Pl. 10. [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 (Introduced species)
Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors 
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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]
additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
[request]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]
additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in Lebanese part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin : Shipping [details]Introduced species vector dispersal Lebanese part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Champsodon vorax)
To FishBase (from synonym Champsodon microphthalmus Regan, 1908)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Champsodon vorax, by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Champsodon vorax Günther, 1867; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2581757)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Champsodon vorax)
To FishBase (from synonym Champsodon microphthalmus Regan, 1908)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Champsodon vorax, by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Champsodon vorax Günther, 1867; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2581757)
To ITIS
