WoRMS taxon details
Retropinna retropinna (Richardson, 1848)
282568 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282568)
accepted
Species
Argentina retropinna Richardson, 1848 · unaccepted
Retropinna osmeroides Meek & Hildebrand, 1928 · unaccepted (synonym)
Retropinna richardsonii Gill, 1862 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Argentina retropinna Richardson, 1848) Richardson, J. (1844-1848). Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R. N., F. R. S. <em>In: J. Richardson & J. E. Gray (eds.): The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843. E. W. Janson, London.</em> v. 2 (2): i-viii + 1-139, Pls. 1-60. [1844: 1-16; 1845: 17-52; 1846: 53-74; 1848: i-viii + 75-139. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Retropinna retropinna (Richardson, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282568 on 2026-03-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Argentina retropinna Richardson, 1848) Richardson, J. (1844-1848). Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R. N., F. R. S. <em>In: J. Richardson & J. E. Gray (eds.): The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843. E. W. Janson, London.</em> v. 2 (2): i-viii + 1-139, Pls. 1-60. [1844: 1-16; 1845: 17-52; 1846: 53-74; 1848: i-viii + 75-139. [details]
original description (of Retropinna richardsonii Gill, 1862) Gill, T. N. (1862). On the subfamily Argentininae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 14: 14-15. [details]
original description (of Retropinna richardsonii Gill, 1862) Gill, T. N. (1862). On the subfamily Argentininae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 14: 14-15. [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 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 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 (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Retropinna retropinna)
To FishBase (from synonym Argentina retropinna Richardson, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Retropinna osmeroides Meek & Hildebrand, 1928)
To FishBase
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 43 proteins) (from synonym Argentina retropinna Richardson, 1848)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 43 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Retropinna osmeroides P16431 illustration) (from synonym Retropinna osmeroides Meek & Hildebrand, 1928)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Retropinna retropinna)
To FishBase (from synonym Argentina retropinna Richardson, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Retropinna osmeroides Meek & Hildebrand, 1928)
To FishBase
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 43 proteins) (from synonym Argentina retropinna Richardson, 1848)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 43 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Retropinna osmeroides P16431 illustration) (from synonym Retropinna osmeroides Meek & Hildebrand, 1928)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
