WoRMS taxon details
Malacoctenus versicolor (Poey, 1876)
281504 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281504)
accepted
Species
Myxodes versicolor Poey, 1876 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Myxodes versicolor Poey, 1876) Poey, F. (1876). Enumeratio piscium cubensium (Parte Segunda). <em>Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, Madrid.</em> v. 5 (for 5 Apr. 1876): 131-176 [89-134] (3 May), 177-218 [135-176] (4 Oct.), Pls. 7-10. [Double pagination. Also a separate including parts 2-3, pp. 89-209, Pls. 4-9. Part 3 continues in v. 5; Part 4, Index in v. 6 (1877).]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Malacoctenus versicolor (Poey, 1876). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281504 on 2025-07-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Myxodes versicolor Poey, 1876) Poey, F. (1876). Enumeratio piscium cubensium (Parte Segunda). <em>Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, Madrid.</em> v. 5 (for 5 Apr. 1876): 131-176 [89-134] (3 May), 177-218 [135-176] (4 Oct.), Pls. 7-10. [Double pagination. Also a separate including parts 2-3, pp. 89-209, Pls. 4-9. Part 3 continues in v. 5; Part 4, Index in v. 6 (1877).]. [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]





To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Myxodes versicolor Poey, 1876)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Malacoctenus versicolor)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Myxodes versicolor Poey, 1876)
To FishBase images (Malacoctenus versicolor, Bahamas, by Johnson, L.)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Myxodes versicolor Poey, 1876)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Malacoctenus versicolor RAD111293-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Malacoctenus versicolor RAD111293-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Myxodes versicolor Poey, 1876)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Malacoctenus versicolor)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Myxodes versicolor Poey, 1876)
To FishBase images (Malacoctenus versicolor, Bahamas, by Johnson, L.)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Myxodes versicolor Poey, 1876)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Malacoctenus versicolor RAD111293-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Malacoctenus versicolor RAD111293-001)
To ITIS