WoRMS taxon details
Bryx dunckeri (Metzelaar, 1919)
159444 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159444)
accepted
Species
Syngnathus dunckeri Metzelaar, 1919 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Syngnathus dunckeri Metzelaar, 1919) Metzelaar, J. (1919). Report on the fishes, collected by Dr. J. Boeke in the Dutch West Indies 1904-1905, with comparative notes on marine fishes of tropical West Africa. <em>F. J. Belanfante, 's-Gravenhage.</em> 1-314. [Reprinted, A., Asher, Amsterdam, 1967. Also as: Over tropisch Atlantische visschen. A. H. Kruyt, Amsterdam, 1919 (Dutch edition).]. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Scotian Shelf and Bermuda to the West Indies; extending to northern South America to Lesser Antilles.
Distribution Western Atlantic: Scotian Shelf and Bermuda to the West Indies; extending to northern South America to Lesser Antilles. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Bryx dunckeri (Metzelaar, 1919). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159444 on 2025-04-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Syngnathus dunckeri Metzelaar, 1919) Metzelaar, J. (1919). Report on the fishes, collected by Dr. J. Boeke in the Dutch West Indies 1904-1905, with comparative notes on marine fishes of tropical West Africa. <em>F. J. Belanfante, 's-Gravenhage.</em> 1-314. [Reprinted, A., Asher, Amsterdam, 1967. Also as: Over tropisch Atlantische visschen. A. H. Kruyt, Amsterdam, 1919 (Dutch edition).]. [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [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]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [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]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [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 Western Atlantic: Scotian Shelf and Bermuda to the West Indies; extending to northern South America to Lesser Antilles. [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat A semipelagic and insular species commonly found in shallow turtle-grass beds. [details]
To Barcode of Life (24 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Syngnathus dunckeri Metzelaar, 1919)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bryx dunckeri)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Syngnathus dunckeri Metzelaar, 1919)
To FishBase images (Bryx dunckeri, Canada, by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 36 proteins)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 36 proteins) (from synonym Syngnathus dunckeri Metzelaar, 1919)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Syngnathus dunckeri Metzelaar, 1919)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bryx dunckeri)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Syngnathus dunckeri Metzelaar, 1919)
To FishBase images (Bryx dunckeri, Canada, by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 36 proteins)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 36 proteins) (from synonym Syngnathus dunckeri Metzelaar, 1919)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
