WoRMS taxon details
Omobranchus germaini (Sauvage, 1883)
278016 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:278016)
accepted
Species
Petroscirtes germaini Sauvage, 1883 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Petroscirtes germaini Sauvage, 1883) Sauvage, H.-E. (1883). Description de quelques poissons de la collection du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série).</em> v. 7: 156-161. [Also as a separate, pp. 13-18]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Omobranchus germaini (Sauvage, 1883). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278016 on 2026-11-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Petroscirtes germaini Sauvage, 1883) Sauvage, H.-E. (1883). Description de quelques poissons de la collection du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série).</em> v. 7: 156-161. [Also as a separate, pp. 13-18]. [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]
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
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Petroscirtes germaini Sauvage, 1883)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Omobranchus germaini)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Petroscirtes germaini Sauvage, 1883)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Petroscirtes germaini Sauvage, 1883)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Omobranchus germaini RAD108112-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Omobranchus germaini RAD108404-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Petroscirtes germaini Sauvage, 1883)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Omobranchus germaini)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Petroscirtes germaini Sauvage, 1883)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Petroscirtes germaini Sauvage, 1883)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Omobranchus germaini RAD108112-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Omobranchus germaini RAD108404-001)
To ITIS