WoRMS taxon details
Erotelis smaragdus (Valenciennes, 1837)
280710 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280710)
accepted
Species
Eleotris smaragdus Valenciennes, 1837 · unaccepted
Erotelis smaragdus civitatum Ginsburg, 1953 · unaccepted (Junior synonym)
- Subspecies Erotelis smaragdus civitatum Ginsburg, 1953 accepted as Erotelis smaragdus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Eleotris smaragdus Valenciennes, 1837) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome douzième. Suite du livre quatorzième. Gobioïdes. Livre quinzième. Acanthoptérygiens à pectorales pédiculées. v. 12, pp i-xxiv + 1-507 + 1 p., Pls. 344-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4445812 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Erotelis smaragdus (Valenciennes, 1837). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280710 on 2025-04-22
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Eleotris smaragdus Valenciennes, 1837) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome douzième. Suite du livre quatorzième. Gobioïdes. Livre quinzième. Acanthoptérygiens à pectorales pédiculées. v. 12, pp i-xxiv + 1-507 + 1 p., Pls. 344-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4445812 [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
context source (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
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]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
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]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (26 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Eleotris smaragdus Valenciennes, 1837)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Erotelis smaragdus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Eleotris smaragdus Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Erotelis smaragdus civitatum Ginsburg, 1953)
To FishBase images (Erotelis smaragdus, Brazil, by Macieira, R.M.)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 30 proteins)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 30 proteins) (from synonym Eleotris smaragdus Valenciennes, 1837)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Erotelis smaragdus RAD108804-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Eleotris smaragdus Valenciennes, 1837)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Erotelis smaragdus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Eleotris smaragdus Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Erotelis smaragdus civitatum Ginsburg, 1953)
To FishBase images (Erotelis smaragdus, Brazil, by Macieira, R.M.)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 30 proteins)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 30 proteins) (from synonym Eleotris smaragdus Valenciennes, 1837)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Erotelis smaragdus RAD108804-001)
To ITIS
