WoRMS taxon details
Petroscirtes variabilis Cantor, 1849
219332 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219332)
accepted
Species
Dasson variabilis (Cantor, 1849) · unaccepted
Petrocirtes variabilis Cantor, 1849 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Petroscirtes eretes Jordan & Seale, 1905 · unaccepted
Petroscirtes varibilis Cantor, 1849 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Petroscirtes vulsus Jordan & Seale, 1907 · unaccepted (synonym)
Petroscrites variabilis Cantor, 1849 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Petroskirtes amboinensis Bleeker, 1853 · unaccepted (synonym)
Petroskirtes bankanensis Bleeker, 1853 · unaccepted (synonym)
Petroskirtes solorensis Bleeker, 1853 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Salarias viperidens De Vis, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cantor, T.E. (1849). Catalogue of Malayan fishes. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 18(2): i-xii + 981-1443, Pls. 1-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40133430#page/9/mode/1up [details]
Description Occurs in seagrass beds of shallow lagoons. Feeds primarily on small crustaceans and occasionally on scales from fishes.
Description Occurs in seagrass beds of shallow lagoons. Feeds primarily on small crustaceans and occasionally on scales from fishes. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Petroscirtes variabilis Cantor, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219332 on 2025-03-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Cantor, T.E. (1849). Catalogue of Malayan fishes. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 18(2): i-xii + 981-1443, Pls. 1-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40133430#page/9/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Salarias viperidens De Vis, 1884) De Vis, C. W. (1884). New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 4. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 9 (pt 3): 685-698.
page(s): 697 [details]
original description (of Petroskirtes amboinensis Bleeker, 1853) Bleeker, P. (1853). Derde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Amboina. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> . 4 (no. 1): 91-130. [details]
original description (of Petroskirtes solorensis Bleeker, 1853) Bleeker, P. (1853). Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Solor. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 5 (no. 1): 67-96. [details]
original description (of Petroskirtes bankanensis Bleeker, 1853) Bleeker, P. (1853). Nieuwe bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van het eiland Banka. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 3 (no. 5): 715-738. [details]
basis of record Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98. [details]
original description (of Salarias viperidens De Vis, 1884) De Vis, C. W. (1884). New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 4. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 9 (pt 3): 685-698.
page(s): 697 [details]
original description (of Petroskirtes amboinensis Bleeker, 1853) Bleeker, P. (1853). Derde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Amboina. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> . 4 (no. 1): 91-130. [details]
original description (of Petroskirtes solorensis Bleeker, 1853) Bleeker, P. (1853). Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Solor. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 5 (no. 1): 67-96. [details]
original description (of Petroskirtes bankanensis Bleeker, 1853) Bleeker, P. (1853). Nieuwe bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van het eiland Banka. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 3 (no. 5): 715-738. [details]
basis of record Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98. [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 (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [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
Description Occurs in seagrass beds of shallow lagoons. Feeds primarily on small crustaceans and occasionally on scales from fishes. [details]
To Barcode of Life (27 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Dasson variabilis (Cantor, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Petroscirtes variabilis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Dasson variabilis (Cantor, 1849))
To FishBase (from synonym Petrocirtes variabilis Cantor, 1849)
To FishBase (from synonym Petroscrites variabilis Cantor, 1849)
To FishBase (from synonym Petroscirtes varibilis Cantor, 1849)
To FishBase (from synonym Petroscirtes vulsus Jordan & Seale, 1907)
To FishBase (from synonym Salarias viperidens De Vis, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Petroskirtes amboinensis Bleeker, 1853)
To FishBase (from synonym Petroskirtes solorensis Bleeker, 1853)
To Fishbase (from synonym Petroskirtes bankanensis Bleeker, 1853)
To FishBase images (Petroscirtes variabilis, Indonesia, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Petroscirtes eretes USNM 051949 holotype photograph lateral view) (from synonym Petroscirtes eretes Jordan & Seale, 1905)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Petroscirtes variabilis FIN027134 Slide 35 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Petroscirtes variabilis USNM 403403 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Dasson variabilis (Cantor, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Petroscirtes variabilis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Dasson variabilis (Cantor, 1849))
To FishBase (from synonym Petrocirtes variabilis Cantor, 1849)
To FishBase (from synonym Petroscrites variabilis Cantor, 1849)
To FishBase (from synonym Petroscirtes varibilis Cantor, 1849)
To FishBase (from synonym Petroscirtes vulsus Jordan & Seale, 1907)
To FishBase (from synonym Salarias viperidens De Vis, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Petroskirtes amboinensis Bleeker, 1853)
To FishBase (from synonym Petroskirtes solorensis Bleeker, 1853)
To Fishbase (from synonym Petroskirtes bankanensis Bleeker, 1853)
To FishBase images (Petroscirtes variabilis, Indonesia, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Petroscirtes eretes USNM 051949 holotype photograph lateral view) (from synonym Petroscirtes eretes Jordan & Seale, 1905)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Petroscirtes variabilis FIN027134 Slide 35 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Petroscirtes variabilis USNM 403403 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
