WoRMS taxon details
Chriolepis lepidota Findley, 1975
280170 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280170)
accepted
Species
Chirolepis lepidota Findley, 1975 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Chriolepis lepidotus Findley, 1975 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Findley, L. T. (1975). A new species of goby from Malpelo Island (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Chriolepis). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> No. 176: 94-98. [In: The Biological investigation of Malpelo Island, Colombia.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Chriolepis lepidota Findley, 1975. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280170 on 2026-08-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Findley, L. T. (1975). A new species of goby from Malpelo Island (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Chriolepis). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> No. 176: 94-98. [In: The Biological investigation of Malpelo Island, Colombia.]. [details]
original description (of Chriolepis lepidotus Findley, 1975) Findley, L. T. (1975). A new species of goby from Malpelo Island (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Chriolepis). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> No. 176: 94-98. [In: The Biological investigation of Malpelo Island, Colombia.]. [details]
original description (of Chriolepis lepidotus Findley, 1975) Findley, L. T. (1975). A new species of goby from Malpelo Island (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Chriolepis). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> No. 176: 94-98. [In: The Biological investigation of Malpelo Island, Colombia.]. [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chriolepis lepidotus Findley, 1975)
To FishBase (from synonym Chirolepis lepidota Findley, 1975)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chriolepis lepidotus RAD102444-001) (from synonym Chriolepis lepidotus Findley, 1975)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 211456 holotype radiograph lateral view) (from synonym Chriolepis lepidotus Findley, 1975)
To ITIS
To FishBase (from synonym Chriolepis lepidotus Findley, 1975)
To FishBase (from synonym Chirolepis lepidota Findley, 1975)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chriolepis lepidotus RAD102444-001) (from synonym Chriolepis lepidotus Findley, 1975)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 211456 holotype radiograph lateral view) (from synonym Chriolepis lepidotus Findley, 1975)
To ITIS
