WoRMS taxon details
Eleotris perniger (Cope, 1871)
277803 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:277803)
accepted
Species
Culius perniger Cope, 1871 · unaccepted (synonym)
(of Culius perniger Cope, 1871) Cope, E. D. (1871). Contribution to the ichthyology of the Lesser Antilles. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series).</em> v. 14 (pt 3) (art. 5): 445-483.
page(s): 473 [details]
page(s): 473 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Eleotris perniger (Cope, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277803 on 2026-08-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Culius perniger Cope, 1871) Cope, E. D. (1871). Contribution to the ichthyology of the Lesser Antilles. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series).</em> v. 14 (pt 3) (art. 5): 445-483.
page(s): 473 [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]
page(s): 473 [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] 
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 Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Culius perniger Cope, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eleotris perniger)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Culius perniger Cope, 1871)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 16 proteins)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 16 proteins) (from synonym Culius perniger Cope, 1871)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Eleotris perniger RAD108794-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Eleotris perniger RAD108794-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Culius perniger Cope, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eleotris perniger)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Culius perniger Cope, 1871)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 16 proteins)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 16 proteins) (from synonym Culius perniger Cope, 1871)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Eleotris perniger RAD108794-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Eleotris perniger RAD108794-001)
To ITIS