Marine Species Traits - Hoplosternum littorale (Hancock, 1828)

(of Callichthys littoralis Hancock, 1828) Hancock, J. (1828). Notes on some species of fishes and reptiles, from Demerara, presented to the Zoological Society by John Hancock, Esq., corr. memb. In a letter addressed to the secretary of the Society. Zoological Journal, London. v. 4: 240-247. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hoplosternum littorale (Hancock, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1014873 on 2025-05-23

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Nomenclature

original description (of Hoplosternum stevardii Gill, 1858) Gill, T. N. (1858). Synopsis of the fresh water fishes of the western portion of the island of Trinidad West Indies. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. v. 6 (nos 10-13, art. 38): 363-430. [Also appeared as a separate, pp. 1-70.]. [details]

original description (of Callichthys chiquitos Castelnau, 1855) Castelnau, F. L. (1855). Poissons. In: Animaux nouveaux or rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du gouvernement Français pendant les années 1843 a 1847 ... Part 7,. Zoologie. Paris (P. Bertrand). v. 2: i-xii + 1-112, Pls. 1-50.
page(s): 38, Pl. 18 (fig. 2) [details]

original description (of Callichthys albidus Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. v. 15: i-xxxi + 1-540, Pls. 421-455. [Valenciennes authored volume. i-xxiv + 1-397 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]

original description (of Callichthys subulatus Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. v. 15: i-xxxi + 1-540, Pls. 421-455. [Valenciennes authored volume. i-xxiv + 1-397 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]

original description (of Callichthys laevigatus Valenciennes, 1834) Valenciennes, A. (1834-1839). Poissons [plates]. In: A. d'Orbigny. Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale. Pls. 1-16. [Text published in 1847 [ref. 5010]. Dates of publication of the plates are given in Sherborn & Griffin 1934 [ref. 28051]; Sherborn & Woodward 1901 [ref. 13447] do not provide a date for the fish plates.]. [details]

original description (of Callichthys littoralis Hancock, 1828) Hancock, J. (1828). Notes on some species of fishes and reptiles, from Demerara, presented to the Zoological Society by John Hancock, Esq., corr. memb. In a letter addressed to the secretary of the Society. Zoological Journal, London. v. 4: 240-247. [details]

original description (of Hoplosternum shirui Fowler, 1940) Fowler, H. W. (1940). A collection of fishes obtained by Mr. William C. Morrow in the Ucayali River Basin, Peru. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 91: 219-289. [details]

original description (of Cascadura maculocephala Ellis, 1913) Ellis, M. D. (1913). The plated nematognaths. Annals of the Carnegie Museum. v. 8 (nos 3-4) (art. 13): 384-413, Pls. 25-31. [details]

original description (of Callichthys melampterus Cope, 1872) Cope, E. D. (1872). On the fishes of the Ambyiacu River. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. v. 23: 250-294, Pls. 3-16.
page(s): 275, Pl. 14 (figs. 4-5) [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. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]