WoRMS taxon details
Ostichthys trachypoma (Günther, 1859)
159399 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159399)
accepted
Species
Myriopristis fulgens Poey, 1860 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Myripristis trachypoma Günther, 1859 · unaccepted
Ostichthys trachypomas (Günther, 1859) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Myripristis trachypoma Günther, 1859) Günther, A. (1859). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gasterosteidae, Berycidae, Percidae, Aphredoderidae, Pristipomatidae, Mullidae, Sparidae. <em>London.</em> v. 1: i-xxxi + 1-524. [details]
Distribution from northern Brazil and as far north as Cape Hatteras, extending north to New Hampshire and the Gulf of Maine
Distribution from northern Brazil and as far north as Cape Hatteras, extending north to New Hampshire and the Gulf of Maine [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ostichthys trachypoma (Günther, 1859). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159399 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Myripristis trachypoma Günther, 1859) Günther, A. (1859). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gasterosteidae, Berycidae, Percidae, Aphredoderidae, Pristipomatidae, Mullidae, Sparidae. <em>London.</em> v. 1: i-xxxi + 1-524. [details]
basis of record Collette, B. B., ; Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002). Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> 1-748. [details]
basis of record Collette, B. B., ; Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002). Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> 1-748. [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
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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution from northern Brazil and as far north as Cape Hatteras, extending north to New Hampshire and the Gulf of Maine [details]Habitat benthic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | bigeye soldierfish | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Myripristis trachypoma Günther, 1859)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ostichthys trachypoma)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis trachypoma Günther, 1859)
To FishBase (from synonym Ostichthys trachypomas (Günther, 1859))
To Fishbase (from synonym Myriopristis fulgens Poey, 1860)
To FishBase images (Ostichthys trachypoma, by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Myripristis trachypoma Günther, 1859)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ostichthys trachypoma RAD118561-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ostichthys trachypoma RAD118561-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Myripristis trachypoma Günther, 1859)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ostichthys trachypoma)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis trachypoma Günther, 1859)
To FishBase (from synonym Ostichthys trachypomas (Günther, 1859))
To Fishbase (from synonym Myriopristis fulgens Poey, 1860)
To FishBase images (Ostichthys trachypoma, by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Myripristis trachypoma Günther, 1859)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ostichthys trachypoma RAD118561-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ostichthys trachypoma RAD118561-001)
To ITIS
