WoRMS taxon details
Ariomma melana (Ginsburg, 1954)
403239 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:403239)
accepted
Species
Ariomma melanum (Ginsburg, 1954) · unaccepted
Ariomma multisquamis (Marchal, 1961) · unaccepted
Cubiceps melanus Ginsburg, 1954 · unaccepted
Paracubiceps multisquamis Marchal, 1961 · unaccepted
Paracubiceps multisquamus Marchal, 1961 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cubiceps melanus Ginsburg, 1954) Ginsburg, I. (1954). Four new fishes and one little-known species from the east coast of the United States including the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 44 (8): 256-264. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Ariomma melana (Ginsburg, 1954). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=403239 on 2026-05-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cubiceps melanus Ginsburg, 1954) Ginsburg, I. (1954). Four new fishes and one little-known species from the east coast of the United States including the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 44 (8): 256-264. [details]
original description (of Paracubiceps multisquamis Marchal, 1961) Marchal, E. (1962). Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Paracubiceps (Belloc), Paracubiceps multisquamis n. sp. (Poisson Téléostéen). <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2).</em> 33(5) (for 1961): 487–491. [details]
original description (of Paracubiceps multisquamus Marchal, 1961) Marchal, E. (1962). Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Paracubiceps (Belloc), Paracubiceps multisquamis n. sp. (Poisson Téléostéen). <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2).</em> 33(5) (for 1961): 487–491. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Paracubiceps multisquamis Marchal, 1961) Marchal, E. (1962). Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Paracubiceps (Belloc), Paracubiceps multisquamis n. sp. (Poisson Téléostéen). <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2).</em> 33(5) (for 1961): 487–491. [details]
original description (of Paracubiceps multisquamus Marchal, 1961) Marchal, E. (1962). Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Paracubiceps (Belloc), Paracubiceps multisquamis n. sp. (Poisson Téléostéen). <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2).</em> 33(5) (for 1961): 487–491. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | brown driftfish [from synonym] | [details] |
| Spanish | pastorcillo café [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) (from synonym Ariomma melanum (Ginsburg, 1954))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ariomma multisquamis (Marchal, 1961))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Paracubiceps multisquamis Marchal, 1961)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cubiceps melanus Ginsburg, 1954)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ariomma melanum) (from synonym Ariomma melanum (Ginsburg, 1954))
To FishBase (from synonym Ariomma melanum (Ginsburg, 1954))
To FishBase (from synonym Paracubiceps multisquamus Marchal, 1961)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Paracubiceps multisquamis Marchal, 1961)
To FishBase (from synonym Cubiceps melanus Ginsburg, 1954)
To FishBase (from synonym Ariomma multisquamis (Marchal, 1961))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 22 proteins) (from synonym Ariomma melanum (Ginsburg, 1954))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 22 proteins) (from synonym Cubiceps melanus Ginsburg, 1954)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Ariomma melanum (Ginsburg, 1954))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ariomma melanum USNM 405118 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Ariomma melanum (Ginsburg, 1954))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ariomma melanum USNM 405119 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Ariomma melanum (Ginsburg, 1954))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ariomma multisquamis (Marchal, 1961))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Paracubiceps multisquamis Marchal, 1961)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cubiceps melanus Ginsburg, 1954)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ariomma melanum) (from synonym Ariomma melanum (Ginsburg, 1954))
To FishBase (from synonym Ariomma melanum (Ginsburg, 1954))
To FishBase (from synonym Paracubiceps multisquamus Marchal, 1961)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Paracubiceps multisquamis Marchal, 1961)
To FishBase (from synonym Cubiceps melanus Ginsburg, 1954)
To FishBase (from synonym Ariomma multisquamis (Marchal, 1961))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 22 proteins) (from synonym Ariomma melanum (Ginsburg, 1954))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 22 proteins) (from synonym Cubiceps melanus Ginsburg, 1954)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Ariomma melanum (Ginsburg, 1954))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ariomma melanum USNM 405118 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Ariomma melanum (Ginsburg, 1954))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ariomma melanum USNM 405119 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Ariomma melanum (Ginsburg, 1954))
