WoRMS taxon details
Mitotichthys semistriatus (Kaup, 1856)
281583 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281583)
accepted
Species
Leptonotus semistriatus Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted
Leptonotus tristriatus Fowler, 1922 · unaccepted
Syngnathus semifasciatus Günther, 1870 · unaccepted
Syngnathus verreauxianus Duméril, 1870 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Leptonotus semistriatus Kaup, 1856) Kaup, J. J. (1856). Catalogue of lophobranchiate fish in the collection of the British Museum. <em>London.</em> i-iv + 1-76, Pls. 1-4. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Mitotichthys semistriatus (Kaup, 1856). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281583 on 2026-07-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Syngnathus semifasciatus Günther, 1870) Günther, A. (1870). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549., available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=1995 [details]
original description (of Leptonotus semistriatus Kaup, 1856) Kaup, J. J. (1856). Catalogue of lophobranchiate fish in the collection of the British Museum. <em>London.</em> i-iv + 1-76, Pls. 1-4. [details]
original description (of Leptonotus semistriatus Kaup, 1856) Kaup, J. J. (1856). Catalogue of lophobranchiate fish in the collection of the British Museum. <em>London.</em> i-iv + 1-76, Pls. 1-4. [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 (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
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 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 Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Syngnathus verreauxianus Duméril, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Leptonotus tristriatus Fowler, 1922)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Syngnathus semifasciatus Günther, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Leptonotus semistriatus Kaup, 1856)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mitotichthys semistriatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Syngnathus verreauxianus Duméril, 1870)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Leptonotus semistriatus Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Syngnathus semifasciatus Günther, 1870)
To FishBase (from synonym Leptonotus tristriatus Fowler, 1922)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Leptonotus semistriatus Kaup, 1856)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Syngnathus verreauxianus Duméril, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Leptonotus tristriatus Fowler, 1922)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Syngnathus semifasciatus Günther, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Leptonotus semistriatus Kaup, 1856)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mitotichthys semistriatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Syngnathus verreauxianus Duméril, 1870)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Leptonotus semistriatus Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Syngnathus semifasciatus Günther, 1870)
To FishBase (from synonym Leptonotus tristriatus Fowler, 1922)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Leptonotus semistriatus Kaup, 1856)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS