WoRMS taxon details
Trachonurus villosus (Günther, 1877)
126480 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126480)
accepted
Species
Coryphaenoides villosus Günther, 1877 · unaccepted
Macrurus villosus (Günther, 1877) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Coryphaenoides villosus Günther, 1877) Günther, A. (1877). Preliminary notes on new fishes collected in Japan during the expedition of H. M. S. `Challenger.'. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4).</em> v. 20 (no. 119) (art. 56): 433-446., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937708682260 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Trachonurus villosus (Günther, 1877). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126480 on 2026-10-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Coryphaenoides villosus Günther, 1877) Günther, A. (1877). Preliminary notes on new fishes collected in Japan during the expedition of H. M. S. `Challenger.'. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4).</em> v. 20 (no. 119) (art. 56): 433-446., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937708682260 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [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 (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ワタヒゲ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Coryphaenoides villosus Günther, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Macrurus villosus (Günther, 1877))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Macrurus villosus (Günther, 1877))
To FishBase (from synonym Coryphaenoides villosus Günther, 1877)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Coryphaenoides villosus Günther, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Macrurus villosus (Günther, 1877))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Macrurus villosus (Günther, 1877))
To FishBase (from synonym Coryphaenoides villosus Günther, 1877)
To PESI
To ITIS
