WoRMS taxon details
Nemadactylus macropterus (Forster, 1801)
281653 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281653)
accepted
Species
Cheilodactylus macropterus (Forster, 1801) · unaccepted
Cichla macroptera Forster, 1801 · unaccepted
Dactylopagrus macropterus (Forster, 1801) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cichla macroptera Forster, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 342 [details]
page(s): 342 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Nemadactylus macropterus (Forster, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281653 on 2025-11-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cichla macroptera Forster, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 342 [details]
page(s): 342 [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 (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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 King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [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 King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Cheilodactylus macropterus (Forster, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Cichla macroptera Forster, 1801)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nemadactylus macropterus)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilodactylus macropterus (Forster, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Cichla macroptera Forster, 1801)
To FishBase
To Fishbase (from synonym Dactylopagrus macropterus (Forster, 1801))
To GenBank (411 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Cichla macroptera Forster, 1801)
To GenBank (411 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Cheilodactylus macropterus (Forster, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Cichla macroptera Forster, 1801)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nemadactylus macropterus)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilodactylus macropterus (Forster, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Cichla macroptera Forster, 1801)
To FishBase
To Fishbase (from synonym Dactylopagrus macropterus (Forster, 1801))
To GenBank (411 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Cichla macroptera Forster, 1801)
To GenBank (411 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS