WoRMS taxon details
Zenarchopterus buffonis (Valenciennes, 1847)
277911 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:277911)
accepted
Species
Hemiramphus buffonis Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted
Hemirhamphus buffonis Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Zenarchopterus buffoni (Valenciennes, 1847) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Hemiramphus buffonis Valenciennes, 1847) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1847). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-neuvième. Suite du livre dix-neuvième. Brochets ou Lucioïdes. Livre vingtième. De quelques familles de Malacoptérygiens, intermédiaires entre les Brochets et les Clupes. 19: i-xix + 1-544 + 6 pp. Pls. 554-590. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Zenarchopterus buffonis (Valenciennes, 1847). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277911 on 2026-10-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Hemiramphus buffonis Valenciennes, 1847) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1847). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-neuvième. Suite du livre dix-neuvième. Brochets ou Lucioïdes. Livre vingtième. De quelques familles de Malacoptérygiens, intermédiaires entre les Brochets et les Clupes. 19: i-xix + 1-544 + 6 pp. Pls. 554-590. [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 (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [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 (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Zenarchopterus buffoni (Valenciennes, 1847))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Hemiramphus buffonis Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Hemirhamphus buffonis Valenciennes, 1847)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Zenarchopterus buffonis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Zenarchopterus buffoni (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Hemiramphus buffonis Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemirhamphus buffonis Valenciennes, 1847)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 23 proteins)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 23 proteins) (from synonym Hemiramphus buffonis Valenciennes, 1847)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Zenarchopterus buffoni (Valenciennes, 1847))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Hemiramphus buffonis Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Hemirhamphus buffonis Valenciennes, 1847)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Zenarchopterus buffonis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Zenarchopterus buffoni (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Hemiramphus buffonis Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemirhamphus buffonis Valenciennes, 1847)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 23 proteins)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 23 proteins) (from synonym Hemiramphus buffonis Valenciennes, 1847)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS