WoRMS taxon details
Cathorops hypophthalmus (Steindachner, 1876)
280044 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280044)
accepted
Species
Arius hypophthalmus Steindachner, 1876 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cathorops gulosus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888) · unaccepted
Galeichthys hypophthalmus (Steindachner, 1876) · unaccepted
Tachisurus gulosus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tachisurus hypophthalmus (Steindachner, 1876) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Arius hypophthalmus Steindachner, 1876) Steindachner, F. (1876). Ichthyologische Beiträge (IV) [With subtitles i-iv.]. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 72 (1. Abth.): 551-616, Pl. 1-13. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Cathorops hypophthalmus (Steindachner, 1876). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280044 on 2026-04-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Arius hypophthalmus Steindachner, 1876) Steindachner, F. (1876). Ichthyologische Beiträge (IV) [With subtitles i-iv.]. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 72 (1. Abth.): 551-616, Pl. 1-13. [details]
original description (of Tachisurus gulosus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888) Eigenmann, C. H. ; Eigenmann, R. S. (1888). Preliminary notes on South American Nematognathi. I. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2).</em> v. 1 (pt 2): 119-172. [details]
original description (of Tachisurus gulosus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888) Eigenmann, C. H. ; Eigenmann, R. S. (1888). Preliminary notes on South American Nematognathi. I. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2).</em> v. 1 (pt 2): 119-172. [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Cathorops gulosus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Galeichthys hypophthalmus (Steindachner, 1876))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Tachisurus hypophthalmus (Steindachner, 1876))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Tachisurus gulosus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Arius hypophthalmus Steindachner, 1876)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cathorops hypophthalmus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Tachisurus gulosus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888)
To FishBase (from synonym Arius hypophthalmus Steindachner, 1876)
To FishBase (from synonym Galeichthys hypophthalmus (Steindachner, 1876))
To FishBase (from synonym Cathorops gulosus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888))
To FishBase (from synonym Tachisurus hypophthalmus (Steindachner, 1876))
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Tachisurus hypophthalmus (Steindachner, 1876))
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Galeichthys hypophthalmus (Steindachner, 1876))
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Arius hypophthalmus Steindachner, 1876)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cathorops hypophthalmus RAD116154-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cathorops hypophthalmus RAD116154-002)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tachisurus gulosus RAD118233-001) (from synonym Tachisurus gulosus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Cathorops gulosus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Galeichthys hypophthalmus (Steindachner, 1876))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Tachisurus hypophthalmus (Steindachner, 1876))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Tachisurus gulosus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Arius hypophthalmus Steindachner, 1876)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cathorops hypophthalmus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Tachisurus gulosus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888)
To FishBase (from synonym Arius hypophthalmus Steindachner, 1876)
To FishBase (from synonym Galeichthys hypophthalmus (Steindachner, 1876))
To FishBase (from synonym Cathorops gulosus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888))
To FishBase (from synonym Tachisurus hypophthalmus (Steindachner, 1876))
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Tachisurus hypophthalmus (Steindachner, 1876))
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Galeichthys hypophthalmus (Steindachner, 1876))
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Arius hypophthalmus Steindachner, 1876)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cathorops hypophthalmus RAD116154-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cathorops hypophthalmus RAD116154-002)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tachisurus gulosus RAD118233-001) (from synonym Tachisurus gulosus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
