WoRMS taxon details
Phanerodon vacca (Girard, 1855)
1577347 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1577347)
accepted
Species
Damalichthys argyrosomus (Girard, 1856) · unaccepted
Damalichthys vacca Girard, 1855 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ditrema vacca (Girard, 1855) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Embiotoca argyrosoma Girard, 1856 · unaccepted
Rhacochilus vacca (Girard, 1855) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Damalichthys vacca Girard, 1855) Girard, C.F. (1855). Notice upon the viviparous fishes inhabiting the Pacific coast of North America, with an enumeration of the species observed. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. v. 7: 318-323. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Phanerodon vacca (Girard, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1577347 on 2025-04-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Damalichthys vacca Girard, 1855) Girard, C.F. (1855). Notice upon the viviparous fishes inhabiting the Pacific coast of North America, with an enumeration of the species observed. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. v. 7: 318-323. [details]
original description (of Embiotoca argyrosoma Girard, 1856) Girard, C. F. (1856). Contributions to the ichthyology of the western coast of the United States, from specimens in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 8: 131-137., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/34406 [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]
original description (of Embiotoca argyrosoma Girard, 1856) Girard, C. F. (1856). Contributions to the ichthyology of the western coast of the United States, from specimens in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 8: 131-137., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/34406 [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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | pile perch [from synonym] | [details] |
| French | perche de pilotis [from synonym] | [details] |
| Spanish | mojarra muellera [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Damalichthys vacca Girard, 1855)
To Barcode of Life (22 barcodes) (from synonym Rhacochilus vacca (Girard, 1855))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Embiotoca argyrosoma Girard, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Rhacochilus vacca (Girard, 1855))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Damalichthys vacca Girard, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) (from synonym Damalichthys argyrosomus (Girard, 1856))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Ditrema vacca (Girard, 1855))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Phanerodon vacca)
To Fishbase
To FishBase (from synonym Ditrema vacca (Girard, 1855))
To FishBase (from synonym Damalichthys argyrosomus (Girard, 1856))
To FishBase (from synonym Rhacochilus vacca (Girard, 1855))
To FishBase (from synonym Embiotoca argyrosoma Girard, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Damalichthys vacca Girard, 1855)
To FishBase images (Rhacochilus vacca, by Gotshall, D.W.) (from synonym Rhacochilus vacca (Girard, 1855))
To FishSounds
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 45 proteins)
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 45 proteins) (from synonym Ditrema vacca (Girard, 1855))
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 45 proteins) (from synonym Rhacochilus vacca (Girard, 1855))
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 45 proteins) (from synonym Damalichthys vacca Girard, 1855)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Rhacochilus vacca (Girard, 1855))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Rhacochilus vacca (Girard, 1855))
To Barcode of Life (22 barcodes) (from synonym Rhacochilus vacca (Girard, 1855))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Embiotoca argyrosoma Girard, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Rhacochilus vacca (Girard, 1855))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Damalichthys vacca Girard, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) (from synonym Damalichthys argyrosomus (Girard, 1856))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Ditrema vacca (Girard, 1855))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Phanerodon vacca)
To Fishbase
To FishBase (from synonym Ditrema vacca (Girard, 1855))
To FishBase (from synonym Damalichthys argyrosomus (Girard, 1856))
To FishBase (from synonym Rhacochilus vacca (Girard, 1855))
To FishBase (from synonym Embiotoca argyrosoma Girard, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Damalichthys vacca Girard, 1855)
To FishBase images (Rhacochilus vacca, by Gotshall, D.W.) (from synonym Rhacochilus vacca (Girard, 1855))
To FishSounds
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 45 proteins)
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 45 proteins) (from synonym Ditrema vacca (Girard, 1855))
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 45 proteins) (from synonym Rhacochilus vacca (Girard, 1855))
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 45 proteins) (from synonym Damalichthys vacca Girard, 1855)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Rhacochilus vacca (Girard, 1855))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Rhacochilus vacca (Girard, 1855))
