WoRMS taxon details
Velifer hypselopterus Bleeker, 1879
217887 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217887)
accepted
Species
Velifer africanus Smith, 1953 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bleeker, P. (1879). Énumerátion des espèces de poissons actuellement connues du Japon et description de trois espèces inédites. <em>Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Amsterdam).</em> v. 18: 1-33, Pls. 1-3. [details]
Description Rather rare.
Description Rather rare. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Velifer hypselopterus Bleeker, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217887 on 2025-04-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Bleeker, P. (1879). Énumerátion des espèces de poissons actuellement connues du Japon et description de trois espèces inédites. <em>Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Amsterdam).</em> v. 18: 1-33, Pls. 1-3. [details]
original description (of Velifer africanus Smith, 1953) Smith, J. L. B. (1953). Os peixes apanhados no canal de Mocambique pelo Sr. Mussolini P. Fajardo. [As separate: Fishes taken in the Moçambique Channel by Mussolini P. Fajardo.]. <em>Memorias do Museu Dr. Alvaro de Castro.</em> 2: 3-20, 1 pl. [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 Velifer africanus Smith, 1953) Smith, J. L. B. (1953). Os peixes apanhados no canal de Mocambique pelo Sr. Mussolini P. Fajardo. [As separate: Fishes taken in the Moçambique Channel by Mussolini P. Fajardo.]. <em>Memorias do Museu Dr. Alvaro de Castro.</em> 2: 3-20, 1 pl. [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
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Rather rare. [details]
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Velifer africanus Smith, 1953)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Velifer hypselopterus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Velifer africanus Smith, 1953)
To FishBase images (Velifer hypselopterus, Philippines, by Ocampo, D.)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Velifer africanus Smith, 1953)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Velifer hypselopterus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Velifer africanus Smith, 1953)
To FishBase images (Velifer hypselopterus, Philippines, by Ocampo, D.)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
