WoRMS taxon details
Citharichthys spilopterus Günther, 1862
159166 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159166)
accepted
Species
Citarichthys spilopterus Günther, 1862 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Georges Bank to the Antilles and Brazil
Distribution Western Atlantic: Georges Bank to the Antilles and Brazil [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Citharichthys spilopterus Günther, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159166 on 2025-05-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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 (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds mainly on zooplankton and zoobenthos [details]Distribution Western Atlantic: Georges Bank to the Antilles and Brazil [details]
Habitat Inhabit mainly coastal waters and tidelands, but abundant in waters very near the sea to a few meters elevation with wholly freshwater ichthyofauna. [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
To Barcode of Life (78 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (79 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Citharichthys spilopterus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Citarichthys spilopterus Günther, 1862)
To FishBase images (Citharichthys spilopterus, by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory)
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 54 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Citharichthys spilopterus Günther, 1862; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2579605)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Citharichthys spilopterus RAD103701-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (79 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Citharichthys spilopterus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Citarichthys spilopterus Günther, 1862)
To FishBase images (Citharichthys spilopterus, by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory)
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 54 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Citharichthys spilopterus Günther, 1862; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2579605)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Citharichthys spilopterus RAD103701-001)
To ITIS
