WoRMS taxon details
Cnidoglanis macrocephalus (Valenciennes, 1840)
280227 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280227)
accepted
Species
Choeroplotosus decemfilis Kner, 1867 · unaccepted
Choeroplotosus limbatus Kner, 1866 · unaccepted
Cnidoglanis bostockii Castelnau, 1873 · unaccepted
Neoplotosus waterhousii Castelnau, 1875 · unaccepted
Ostophycephalus duriceps Ogilby, 1899 · unaccepted
Plotosus macrocephalus Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
Plotosus megastomus Richardson, 1845 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Plotosus macrocephalus Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. v. 15: i-xxxi + 1-540, Pls. 421-455. [Valenciennes authored volume. i-xxiv + 1-397 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cnidoglanis macrocephalus (Valenciennes, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280227 on 2025-07-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Plotosus macrocephalus Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. v. 15: i-xxxi + 1-540, Pls. 421-455. [Valenciennes authored volume. i-xxiv + 1-397 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
original description (of Cnidoglanis bostockii Castelnau, 1873) Castelnau, F. L. (1873). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. Nos. III thru IX [with subtitles, indexed as one work]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> 2: 37-158. [Also as part of a separate, Melbourne, 1872.].
page(s): 140 [details]
original description (of Neoplotosus waterhousii Castelnau, 1875) Castelnau, F. L. (1875). Researches on the fishes of Australia.Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria. <em>Intercolonial Exhibition Essays.</em> Part VII (II): 1-52.
page(s): 45 [details]
original description (of Ostophycephalus duriceps Ogilby, 1899) Ogilby, J. D. (1899). Contribution to Australian ichthyology. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 24 (pt 1): 154-186. [details]
original description (of Cnidoglanis bostockii Castelnau, 1873) Castelnau, F. L. (1873). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. Nos. III thru IX [with subtitles, indexed as one work]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> 2: 37-158. [Also as part of a separate, Melbourne, 1872.].
page(s): 140 [details]
original description (of Neoplotosus waterhousii Castelnau, 1875) Castelnau, F. L. (1875). Researches on the fishes of Australia.Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria. <em>Intercolonial Exhibition Essays.</em> Part VII (II): 1-52.
page(s): 45 [details]
original description (of Ostophycephalus duriceps Ogilby, 1899) Ogilby, J. D. (1899). Contribution to Australian ichthyology. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 24 (pt 1): 154-186. [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 (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Plotosus megastomus Richardson, 1845)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Plotosus macrocephalus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Choeroplotosus decemfilis Kner, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Neoplotosus waterhousii Castelnau, 1875)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Ostophycephalus duriceps Ogilby, 1899)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cnidoglanis macrocephalus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Plotosus macrocephalus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Plotosus megastomus Richardson, 1845)
To FishBase (from synonym Choeroplotosus limbatus Kner, 1866)
To FishBase (from synonym Neoplotosus waterhousii Castelnau, 1875)
To FishBase (from synonym Cnidoglanis bostockii Castelnau, 1873)
To FishBase (from synonym Choeroplotosus decemfilis Kner, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Ostophycephalus duriceps Ogilby, 1899)
To FishBase images (Cnidoglanis macrocephalus, by Banks, I.)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Plotosus macrocephalus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NHMUK collection (Plotosus megastomus Richardson, 1845; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2539572) (from synonym Plotosus megastomus Richardson, 1845)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cnidoglanis macrocephalus RAD115498-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Neoplotosus waterhousii RAD115665-001) (from synonym Neoplotosus waterhousii Castelnau, 1875)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ostophycephalus duriceps RAD115509-001) (from synonym Ostophycephalus duriceps Ogilby, 1899)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plotosus macrocephalus RAD115508-001) (from synonym Plotosus macrocephalus Valenciennes, 1840)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Plotosus megastomus Richardson, 1845)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Plotosus macrocephalus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Choeroplotosus decemfilis Kner, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Neoplotosus waterhousii Castelnau, 1875)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Ostophycephalus duriceps Ogilby, 1899)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cnidoglanis macrocephalus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Plotosus macrocephalus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Plotosus megastomus Richardson, 1845)
To FishBase (from synonym Choeroplotosus limbatus Kner, 1866)
To FishBase (from synonym Neoplotosus waterhousii Castelnau, 1875)
To FishBase (from synonym Cnidoglanis bostockii Castelnau, 1873)
To FishBase (from synonym Choeroplotosus decemfilis Kner, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Ostophycephalus duriceps Ogilby, 1899)
To FishBase images (Cnidoglanis macrocephalus, by Banks, I.)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Plotosus macrocephalus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NHMUK collection (Plotosus megastomus Richardson, 1845; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2539572) (from synonym Plotosus megastomus Richardson, 1845)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cnidoglanis macrocephalus RAD115498-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Neoplotosus waterhousii RAD115665-001) (from synonym Neoplotosus waterhousii Castelnau, 1875)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ostophycephalus duriceps RAD115509-001) (from synonym Ostophycephalus duriceps Ogilby, 1899)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plotosus macrocephalus RAD115508-001) (from synonym Plotosus macrocephalus Valenciennes, 1840)
To ITIS
