WoRMS taxon details
Sicydium plumieri (Bloch, 1786)
282779 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282779)
accepted
Species
Gobius pluemieri Bloch, 1786 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gobius plumieri Bloch, 1786 · unaccepted
Gobius plümieri Bloch, 1786 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Sicydium antillarum Ogilvie-Grant, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sicydium caguitae Evermann & Marsh, 1899 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sicydium siragus Poey, 1860 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sicydium vincente Jordan & Evermann, 1898 · unaccepted (synonym)
(of Gobius plumieri Bloch, 1786) Bloch, M. E. (1786). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 2: i-viii + 1-160, Pls. 145-180.
page(s): 154, Pl. 178 (fig. 3) [details]
page(s): 154, Pl. 178 (fig. 3) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Sicydium plumieri (Bloch, 1786). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282779 on 2026-08-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gobius plumieri Bloch, 1786) Bloch, M. E. (1786). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 2: i-viii + 1-160, Pls. 145-180.
page(s): 154, Pl. 178 (fig. 3) [details]
original description (of Sicydium caguitae Evermann & Marsh, 1899) Evermann, B. W.; Marsh, M. C. (1899). Descriptions of new genera and species of fishes from Puerto Rico. <em>United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner.</em> v. 25 (for 1899) Appendix 7: 351-362., available online at https://penbay.org/cof/cof_1899_13.pdf [details]
original description (of Sicydium vincente Jordan & Evermann, 1898) Jordan, D. S. ; Evermann, B. W. (1898). The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part III. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 47: i-xxiv + 2183a-3136., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/46755 [details]
original description (of Sicydium antillarum Ogilvie-Grant, 1884) Ogilvie-Grant, W. R. (1884). A revision of the fishes of the genera Sicydium and Lentipes, with descriptions of five new species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1884.</em> (pt 2) (art. 1): 153-172, Pls. 11-12., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1884.tb02815.x [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): 154, Pl. 178 (fig. 3) [details]
original description (of Sicydium caguitae Evermann & Marsh, 1899) Evermann, B. W.; Marsh, M. C. (1899). Descriptions of new genera and species of fishes from Puerto Rico. <em>United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner.</em> v. 25 (for 1899) Appendix 7: 351-362., available online at https://penbay.org/cof/cof_1899_13.pdf [details]
original description (of Sicydium vincente Jordan & Evermann, 1898) Jordan, D. S. ; Evermann, B. W. (1898). The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part III. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 47: i-xxiv + 2183a-3136., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/46755 [details]
original description (of Sicydium antillarum Ogilvie-Grant, 1884) Ogilvie-Grant, W. R. (1884). A revision of the fishes of the genera Sicydium and Lentipes, with descriptions of five new species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1884.</em> (pt 2) (art. 1): 153-172, Pls. 11-12., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1884.tb02815.x [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 (291 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Sicydium antillarum Ogilvie-Grant, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Sicydium caguitae Evermann & Marsh, 1899)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gobius pluemieri Bloch, 1786)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Sicydium vincente Jordan & Evermann, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Sicydium siragus Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Gobius plumieri Bloch, 1786)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sicydium plumieri)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sicydium antillarum Ogilvie-Grant, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius plumieri Bloch, 1786)
To FishBase (from synonym Sicydium vincente Jordan & Evermann, 1898)
To FishBase (from synonym Sicydium caguitae Evermann & Marsh, 1899)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius plümieri Bloch, 1786)
To FishBase (from synonym Sicydium siragus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius pluemieri Bloch, 1786)
To GenBank (319 nucleotides; 315 proteins) (from synonym Gobius plumieri Bloch, 1786)
To GenBank (319 nucleotides; 315 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sicydium caguitae P05460 illustration) (from synonym Sicydium caguitae Evermann & Marsh, 1899)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sicydium caguitae USNM 49364 holotype photograph ventral view) (from synonym Sicydium caguitae Evermann & Marsh, 1899)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sicydium plumieri RAD108552-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sicydium plumieri RAD108552-001B)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Sicydium antillarum Ogilvie-Grant, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Sicydium caguitae Evermann & Marsh, 1899)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gobius pluemieri Bloch, 1786)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Sicydium vincente Jordan & Evermann, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Sicydium siragus Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Gobius plumieri Bloch, 1786)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sicydium plumieri)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sicydium antillarum Ogilvie-Grant, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius plumieri Bloch, 1786)
To FishBase (from synonym Sicydium vincente Jordan & Evermann, 1898)
To FishBase (from synonym Sicydium caguitae Evermann & Marsh, 1899)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius plümieri Bloch, 1786)
To FishBase (from synonym Sicydium siragus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius pluemieri Bloch, 1786)
To GenBank (319 nucleotides; 315 proteins) (from synonym Gobius plumieri Bloch, 1786)
To GenBank (319 nucleotides; 315 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sicydium caguitae P05460 illustration) (from synonym Sicydium caguitae Evermann & Marsh, 1899)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sicydium caguitae USNM 49364 holotype photograph ventral view) (from synonym Sicydium caguitae Evermann & Marsh, 1899)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sicydium plumieri RAD108552-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sicydium plumieri RAD108552-001B)
To ITIS