WoRMS taxon details
Bathystethus cultratus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
279876 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279876)
accepted
Species
Cichla cultrata Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
Platystethus guentheri Ogilby, 1889 · unaccepted
Sciaena cultrata Forster, 1801 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cichla cultrata Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 343 [details]
page(s): 343 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Bathystethus cultratus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279876 on 2026-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cichla cultrata Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 343 [details]
original description (of Platystethus guentheri Ogilby, 1889) Ogilby, J. D. (1889). Notes on some fishes new to the Australian fauna. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1889 (pt 2): 151-158., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1889.tb06766.x [details]
page(s): 343 [details]
original description (of Platystethus guentheri Ogilby, 1889) Ogilby, J. D. (1889). Notes on some fishes new to the Australian fauna. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1889 (pt 2): 151-158., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1889.tb06766.x [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). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Platystethus guentheri Ogilby, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cichla cultrata Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Sciaena cultrata Forster, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Sciaena cultrata Forster, 1801)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cichla cultrata Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Platystethus guentheri Ogilby, 1889)
To NHMUK collection (Cichla cultrata Forster in Bloch & Schneider, 1801; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2578114) (from synonym Cichla cultrata Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To NHMUK collection (Sciaena cultrata Forster in Bloch & Schneider, 1801; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2545696) (from synonym Sciaena cultrata Forster, 1801)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cichla cultrata Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Sciaena cultrata Forster, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Sciaena cultrata Forster, 1801)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cichla cultrata Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Platystethus guentheri Ogilby, 1889)
To NHMUK collection (Cichla cultrata Forster in Bloch & Schneider, 1801; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2578114) (from synonym Cichla cultrata Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To NHMUK collection (Sciaena cultrata Forster in Bloch & Schneider, 1801; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2545696) (from synonym Sciaena cultrata Forster, 1801)
To ITIS
