WoRMS taxon details
Coryphopterus thrix Böhlke & Robins, 1960
276434 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276434)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Böhlke, J. E.; Robins, C. R. (1960). A revision of the gobioid fish genus Coryphopterus. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 112: 103-128, Pls. 1-2. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Coryphopterus thrix Böhlke & Robins, 1960. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276434 on 2026-06-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Böhlke, J. E.; Robins, C. R. (1960). A revision of the gobioid fish genus Coryphopterus. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 112: 103-128, Pls. 1-2. [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 McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (39 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coryphopterus thrix)
To FishBase
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 28 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Coryphopterus thrix USNM 394760 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Coryphopterus thrix USNM 394761 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coryphopterus thrix)
To FishBase
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 28 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Coryphopterus thrix USNM 394760 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Coryphopterus thrix USNM 394761 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS