WoRMS taxon details
Opistognathus nigromarginatus Rüppell, 1830
219136 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219136)
accepted
Species
Opisthognathus cuvieri Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
Opisthognathus macrostomus Smith, 1935 · unaccepted
Opisthognathus nigromarginatus Rüppell, 1830 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Opisthognathus ocellatus Ehrenberg, 1836 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Opisthognathus sonneratii Valenciennes, 1836 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Opisthognatus ocellatus Ehrenberg, 1836 · unaccepted
Opistognathus macrostomus Rüppell, 1830 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Opistognathus sonneratii Cuvier, 1816 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1828-30). Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meers. <em>Frankfurt am Main (Heinrich Ludwig Brönner).</em> 1-141 + 3 pp., Pls. 1-35. [Part 1 (1828): 1-26, Pls. 1-6; part 2 (1829): 27-94, Pls. 7-24; part 3 (1830):95-141, Pls. 25-35.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Opistognathus nigromarginatus Rüppell, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219136 on 2025-04-27
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Nomenclature
original description
Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1828-30). Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meers. <em>Frankfurt am Main (Heinrich Ludwig Brönner).</em> 1-141 + 3 pp., Pls. 1-35. [Part 1 (1828): 1-26, Pls. 1-6; part 2 (1829): 27-94, Pls. 7-24; part 3 (1830):95-141, Pls. 25-35.]. [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
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Opisthognathus nigromarginatus Rüppell, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Opisthognathus ocellatus Ehrenberg, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Opisthognathus cuvieri Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Opisthognatus ocellatus Ehrenberg, 1836)
To FishBase (from synonym Opisthognathus sonneratii Valenciennes, 1836)
To FishBase (from synonym Opisthognathus cuvieri Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Opisthognathus nigromarginatus Rüppell, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Opistognathus sonneratii Cuvier, 1816)
To FishBase (from synonym Opisthognathus macrostomus Smith, 1935)
To FishBase (from synonym Opisthognathus ocellatus Ehrenberg, 1836)
To FishBase images (Opistognathus nigromarginatus, India, by Randall, J.E.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opistognathus nigromarginatus FIN031598 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opistognathus nigromarginatus FIN031599 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Opisthognathus nigromarginatus Rüppell, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Opisthognathus ocellatus Ehrenberg, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Opisthognathus cuvieri Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Opisthognatus ocellatus Ehrenberg, 1836)
To FishBase (from synonym Opisthognathus sonneratii Valenciennes, 1836)
To FishBase (from synonym Opisthognathus cuvieri Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Opisthognathus nigromarginatus Rüppell, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Opistognathus sonneratii Cuvier, 1816)
To FishBase (from synonym Opisthognathus macrostomus Smith, 1935)
To FishBase (from synonym Opisthognathus ocellatus Ehrenberg, 1836)
To FishBase images (Opistognathus nigromarginatus, India, by Randall, J.E.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opistognathus nigromarginatus FIN031598 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opistognathus nigromarginatus FIN031599 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
