WoRMS taxon details
Plagiotremus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857)
219335 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219335)
accepted
Species
Aspidontus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857) · unaccepted
Petroscirtes tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1857 · unaccepted
Petroskirtes tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1857 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Plagiotremus tapeinosomus (Bleeker, 1857) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Runula tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Petroskirtes tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1857) Bleeker, P. (1857). Achtste bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Amboina. <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 2 (art. 7): 1-102. [details]
Description Inhabits seaward reefs, usually the lower surge zone to deeper areas. Hides in deserted worm tubes when alarmed (Ref....
Description Inhabits seaward reefs, usually the lower surge zone to deeper areas. Hides in deserted worm tubes when alarmed (Ref. 1602). Feeds by attacking other fishes and removing dermal tissue, mucus and sometimes scales; occasionally makes harmless 'attacks' on divers (Ref. 2334). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Plagiotremus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219335 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Petroscirtes tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1857) Bleeker, P. (1857). Achtste bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Amboina. <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 2 (art. 7): 1-102. [details]
original description (of Petroskirtes tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1857) Bleeker, P. (1857). Achtste bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Amboina. <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 2 (art. 7): 1-102. [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 Petroskirtes tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1857) Bleeker, P. (1857). Achtste bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Amboina. <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 2 (art. 7): 1-102. [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
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 King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits seaward reefs, usually the lower surge zone to deeper areas. Hides in deserted worm tubes when alarmed (Ref. 1602). Feeds by attacking other fishes and removing dermal tissue, mucus and sometimes scales; occasionally makes harmless 'attacks' on divers (Ref. 2334). [details]
To Barcode of Life (28 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Petroscirtes tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1857)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Petroskirtes tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1857)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Runula tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Petroscirtes tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1857)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Petroskirtes tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1857)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Aspidontus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plagiotremus tapeinosoma)
To FishBase (from synonym Runula tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857))
To FishBase (from synonym Aspidontus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Petroscirtes tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1857)
To FishBase (from synonym Petroskirtes tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1857)
To FishBase (from synonym Plagiotremus tapeinosomus (Bleeker, 1857))
To FishBase images (Plagiotremus tapeinosoma, Mauritius, by Patzner, R.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 40 proteins)
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 40 proteins) (from synonym Aspidontus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857))
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 40 proteins) (from synonym Petroskirtes tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1857)
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 40 proteins) (from synonym Petroscirtes tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1857)
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 40 proteins) (from synonym Runula tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plagiotremus tapeinosoma USNM 324719 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plagiotremus tapeinosoma USNM 423237 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Petroscirtes tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1857)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Petroskirtes tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1857)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Runula tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Petroscirtes tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1857)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Petroskirtes tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1857)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Aspidontus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plagiotremus tapeinosoma)
To FishBase (from synonym Runula tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857))
To FishBase (from synonym Aspidontus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Petroscirtes tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1857)
To FishBase (from synonym Petroskirtes tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1857)
To FishBase (from synonym Plagiotremus tapeinosomus (Bleeker, 1857))
To FishBase images (Plagiotremus tapeinosoma, Mauritius, by Patzner, R.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 40 proteins)
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 40 proteins) (from synonym Aspidontus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857))
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 40 proteins) (from synonym Petroskirtes tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1857)
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 40 proteins) (from synonym Petroscirtes tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1857)
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 40 proteins) (from synonym Runula tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plagiotremus tapeinosoma USNM 324719 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plagiotremus tapeinosoma USNM 423237 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
