WoRMS taxon details
Crossorhombus valderostratus (Alcock, 1890)
219798 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219798)
accepted
Species
Engyprosopon valderostratus (Alcock, 1890) · unaccepted
Platophrys dimorphus Gilchrist, 1904 · unaccepted
Rhomboidichthys valderostratus Alcock, 1890 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Rhomboidichthys valderostratus Alcock, 1890) Alcock, A. W. (1890). Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,' Commander R. F. Hoskyn, R. N., commanding.--No. 20. On some undescribed shore-fishes from the Bay of Bengal. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6).</em> v. 6 (no. 36) (art. 52): 425-443. [details]
Description Inhabits sandy and muddy bottoms (Ref. 5213).
Description Inhabits sandy and muddy bottoms (Ref. 5213). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Crossorhombus valderostratus (Alcock, 1890). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219798 on 2025-04-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Platophrys dimorphus Gilchrist, 1904) Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1904). Descriptions of new South African fishes. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> v. 3: 1-16, Pls. 19-36. [details]
original description (of Rhomboidichthys valderostratus Alcock, 1890) Alcock, A. W. (1890). Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,' Commander R. F. Hoskyn, R. N., commanding.--No. 20. On some undescribed shore-fishes from the Bay of Bengal. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6).</em> v. 6 (no. 36) (art. 52): 425-443. [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 Rhomboidichthys valderostratus Alcock, 1890) Alcock, A. W. (1890). Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,' Commander R. F. Hoskyn, R. N., commanding.--No. 20. On some undescribed shore-fishes from the Bay of Bengal. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6).</em> v. 6 (no. 36) (art. 52): 425-443. [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 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 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 sandy and muddy bottoms (Ref. 5213). [details]
To Barcode of Life (25 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Rhomboidichthys valderostratus Alcock, 1890)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Platophrys dimorphus Gilchrist, 1904)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Rhomboidichthys valderostratus Alcock, 1890)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Crossorhombus valderostratus)
To FishBase (from synonym Engyprosopon valderostratus (Alcock, 1890))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Platophrys dimorphus Gilchrist, 1904)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhomboidichthys valderostratus Alcock, 1890)
To FishBase images (Crossorhombus valderostratus, Sri Lanka, by FAO)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 32 proteins)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Engyprosopon valderostratus (Alcock, 1890))
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Rhomboidichthys valderostratus Alcock, 1890)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Platophrys dimorphus Gilchrist, 1904; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:3124781) (from synonym Platophrys dimorphus Gilchrist, 1904)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Rhomboidichthys valderostratus Alcock, 1890)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Platophrys dimorphus Gilchrist, 1904)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Rhomboidichthys valderostratus Alcock, 1890)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Crossorhombus valderostratus)
To FishBase (from synonym Engyprosopon valderostratus (Alcock, 1890))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Platophrys dimorphus Gilchrist, 1904)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhomboidichthys valderostratus Alcock, 1890)
To FishBase images (Crossorhombus valderostratus, Sri Lanka, by FAO)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 32 proteins)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Engyprosopon valderostratus (Alcock, 1890))
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Rhomboidichthys valderostratus Alcock, 1890)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Platophrys dimorphus Gilchrist, 1904; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:3124781) (from synonym Platophrys dimorphus Gilchrist, 1904)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
