WoRMS taxon details
Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus (Günther, 1860)
280464 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280464)
accepted
Species
Cymbacephalus nematopthalamus (Günther, 1860) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Cymbacephalus nematopthalmus (Günther, 1860) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Cymbacephalus nematopthlamus (Günther, 1860) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Papilloculiceps nematophthalmus (Günther, 1860) · unaccepted
Platycephalus nemathophthalmus Günther, 1860 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Platycephalus nematophthalmus Günther, 1860 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Platycephalus nematophthalmus Günther, 1860) Günther, A. (1860). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae. <em>British Museum London.</em> v. 2: i-xxi + 1-548. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus (Günther, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280464 on 2026-03-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Platycephalus nematophthalmus Günther, 1860) Günther, A. (1860). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae. <em>British Museum London.</em> v. 2: i-xxi + 1-548. [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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Platycephalus nematophthalmus Günther, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus)
To FishBase (from synonym Platycephalus nematophthalmus Günther, 1860)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Papilloculiceps nematophthalmus (Günther, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Platycephalus nemathophthalmus Günther, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Cymbacephalus nematopthalamus (Günther, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Cymbacephalus nematopthlamus (Günther, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Cymbacephalus nematopthalmus (Günther, 1860))
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Platycephalus nematophthalmus Günther, 1860)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus USNM 435662 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus USNM 435689 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Platycephalus nematophthalmus Günther, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus)
To FishBase (from synonym Platycephalus nematophthalmus Günther, 1860)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Papilloculiceps nematophthalmus (Günther, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Platycephalus nemathophthalmus Günther, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Cymbacephalus nematopthalamus (Günther, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Cymbacephalus nematopthlamus (Günther, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Cymbacephalus nematopthalmus (Günther, 1860))
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Platycephalus nematophthalmus Günther, 1860)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus USNM 435662 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus USNM 435689 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
