WoRMS taxon details
Ammotretis rostratus Günther, 1862
279584 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279584)
accepted
Species
Ammotretis adspersus Kner, 1867 · unaccepted
Ammotretis macleayi Ogilby, 1885 · unaccepted
Ammotretis ovalis Saville-Kent, 1893 · unaccepted > nomen nudum
Ammotretis zonatus Macleay, 1882 · unaccepted
Peltorhamphus bassensis (Castelnau, 1872) · unaccepted
Rhombosolea bassensis Castelnau, 1872 · unaccepted
Solea uncinata Klunzinger, 1879 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ammotretis rostratus Günther, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279584 on 2025-06-23
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Nomenclature
original description
Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
original description (of Solea uncinata Klunzinger, 1879) Klunzinger, C. B. (1879). Die v. Müller'sche Sammlung australischer Fische. <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 16 (no. 22): 254-261. [details]
original description (of Rhombosolea bassensis Castelnau, 1872) Castelnau, F. L. (1872). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. No. 1.--The Melbourne fish market (pp. 29-242). No. II.--Note on some South Australian fishes (pp. 243-247). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> v. 1: 29-247 plus 1 p. Errata, 1 pl.
page(s): 167 [details]
original description (of Ammotretis zonatus Macleay, 1882) Macleay, W. (1882). Description of two fishes lately taken in or near Port Jackson. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 7 (pt 3): 366-367. [details]
original description (of Ammotretis macleayi Ogilby, 1885) Ogilby, J. D. (1885). Notes and descriptions of some rare Port Jackson fishes. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 10 (pt 2): 119-123, 225-232, 445-447. [details]
original description (of Solea uncinata Klunzinger, 1879) Klunzinger, C. B. (1879). Die v. Müller'sche Sammlung australischer Fische. <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 16 (no. 22): 254-261. [details]
original description (of Rhombosolea bassensis Castelnau, 1872) Castelnau, F. L. (1872). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. No. 1.--The Melbourne fish market (pp. 29-242). No. II.--Note on some South Australian fishes (pp. 243-247). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> v. 1: 29-247 plus 1 p. Errata, 1 pl.
page(s): 167 [details]
original description (of Ammotretis zonatus Macleay, 1882) Macleay, W. (1882). Description of two fishes lately taken in or near Port Jackson. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 7 (pt 3): 366-367. [details]
original description (of Ammotretis macleayi Ogilby, 1885) Ogilby, J. D. (1885). Notes and descriptions of some rare Port Jackson fishes. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 10 (pt 2): 119-123, 225-232, 445-447. [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 (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Peltorhamphus bassensis (Castelnau, 1872))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Solea uncinata Klunzinger, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Ammotretis adspersus Kner, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Rhombosolea bassensis Castelnau, 1872)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ammotretis rostratus)
To FishBase (from synonym Ammotretis adspersus Kner, 1867)
To FishBase
To Fishbase (from synonym Ammotretis zonatus Macleay, 1882)
To Fishbase (from synonym Ammotretis macleayi Ogilby, 1885)
To FishBase (from synonym Solea uncinata Klunzinger, 1879)
To FishBase (from synonym Peltorhamphus bassensis (Castelnau, 1872))
To FishBase (from synonym Rhombosolea bassensis Castelnau, 1872)
To FishBase images (Ammotretis rostratus, Australia, by CSIRO)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Peltorhamphus bassensis (Castelnau, 1872))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Solea uncinata Klunzinger, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Ammotretis adspersus Kner, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Rhombosolea bassensis Castelnau, 1872)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ammotretis rostratus)
To FishBase (from synonym Ammotretis adspersus Kner, 1867)
To FishBase
To Fishbase (from synonym Ammotretis zonatus Macleay, 1882)
To Fishbase (from synonym Ammotretis macleayi Ogilby, 1885)
To FishBase (from synonym Solea uncinata Klunzinger, 1879)
To FishBase (from synonym Peltorhamphus bassensis (Castelnau, 1872))
To FishBase (from synonym Rhombosolea bassensis Castelnau, 1872)
To FishBase images (Ammotretis rostratus, Australia, by CSIRO)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
