WoRMS taxon details
Syacium micrurum Ranzani, 1842
158877 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158877)
accepted
Species
Citharichthys aethalion Jordan, 1886 · unaccepted
Citharichthys ocellatus (Poey, 1860) · unaccepted
Hemirhombus aethalion (Jordan, 1886) · unaccepted
Hemirhombus aramaca Günther, 1862 · unaccepted
Hemirhombus micrurus (Ranzani, 1842) · unaccepted
Hemirhombus ocellatus (Poey, 1860) · unaccepted
Hippoglossus ocellatus Poey, 1860 · unaccepted
Scyacium micrurum Ranzani, 1842 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Ranzani, C. (1842). De novis speciebus piscium. Dissertatio Secunda. <em>Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis.</em> v. 5: 3-21, Pls. 1-7. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Browns Bank to São Paulo, Brazil
Distribution Western Atlantic: Browns Bank to São Paulo, Brazil [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Syacium micrurum Ranzani, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158877 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Ranzani, C. (1842). De novis speciebus piscium. Dissertatio Secunda. <em>Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis.</em> v. 5: 3-21, Pls. 1-7. [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
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 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 on worms and crustaceans [details]Distribution Western Atlantic: Browns Bank to São Paulo, Brazil [details]
Habitat Found on soft bottoms of the continental plateau. [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Importance Social- Minor Commercial fishery [details]
Reproduction Exhibits sexual dimorphism [details]
To Barcode of Life (59 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Hemirhombus aethalion (Jordan, 1886))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Hemirhombus aramaca Günther, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Citharichthys aethalion Jordan, 1886)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Hippoglossus ocellatus Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Hemirhombus ocellatus (Poey, 1860))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Citharichthys ocellatus (Poey, 1860))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Syacium micrurum)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Hippoglossus ocellatus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemirhombus aethalion (Jordan, 1886))
To FishBase (from synonym Hemirhombus aramaca Günther, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Citharichthys aethalion Jordan, 1886)
To FishBase (from synonym Citharichthys ocellatus (Poey, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Scyacium micrurum Ranzani, 1842)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemirhombus micrurus (Ranzani, 1842))
To FishBase (from synonym Hemirhombus ocellatus (Poey, 1860))
To FishBase images (Syacium micrurum, Cape Verde, by Freitas, R.)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 28 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Syacium micrurum RAD103706-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Syacium micrurum RAD103707-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Hemirhombus aethalion (Jordan, 1886))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Hemirhombus aramaca Günther, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Citharichthys aethalion Jordan, 1886)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Hippoglossus ocellatus Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Hemirhombus ocellatus (Poey, 1860))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Citharichthys ocellatus (Poey, 1860))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Syacium micrurum)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Hippoglossus ocellatus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemirhombus aethalion (Jordan, 1886))
To FishBase (from synonym Hemirhombus aramaca Günther, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Citharichthys aethalion Jordan, 1886)
To FishBase (from synonym Citharichthys ocellatus (Poey, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Scyacium micrurum Ranzani, 1842)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemirhombus micrurus (Ranzani, 1842))
To FishBase (from synonym Hemirhombus ocellatus (Poey, 1860))
To FishBase images (Syacium micrurum, Cape Verde, by Freitas, R.)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 28 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Syacium micrurum RAD103706-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Syacium micrurum RAD103707-001)
To ITIS
