WoRMS taxon details
Neoscorpis lithophilus (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
218709 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218709)
accepted
Species
Scorpis lithophilus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scorpis lithophilus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) Gilchrist, J. D. F.; Thompson, W. W. (1908). Descriptions of fishes from the coast of Natal. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> v. 6 (pt 2): 145-206. [details]
Note Type species of the genus.
Unreviewed
Type species Type species of the genus. [details]
Description Inhabits coastal waters with a rocky substrate. Feeds on algae and the associated invertebrates (Ref. 5213).
Description Inhabits coastal waters with a rocky substrate. Feeds on algae and the associated invertebrates (Ref. 5213). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Neoscorpis lithophilus (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218709 on 2025-03-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scorpis lithophilus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) Gilchrist, J. D. F.; Thompson, W. W. (1908). Descriptions of fishes from the coast of Natal. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> v. 6 (pt 2): 145-206. [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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits coastal waters with a rocky substrate. Feeds on algae and the associated invertebrates (Ref. 5213). [details]Type species Type species of the genus. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | stone-bream | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Scorpis lithophilus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Neoscorpis lithophilus)
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpis lithophilus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Neoscorpis lithophilus, Mozambique, by Bernardi, G.)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Scorpis lithophilus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Scorpis lithophilus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Neoscorpis lithophilus)
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpis lithophilus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Neoscorpis lithophilus, Mozambique, by Bernardi, G.)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Scorpis lithophilus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
