WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Ostracion cyanurus Rüppell, 1828

To FishBase images (<i>Ostracion cyanurus</i>, Oman, by Field, R.)

To FishBase images (Ostracion cyanurus, Oman, by Field, R.)

AphiaID

219909 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219909)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Ostracion Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Ostracion cyanurus Rüppell, 1828

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1828-30). Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meers. Frankfurt am Main (Heinrich Ludwig Brönner). 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]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ostracion cyanurus Rüppell, 1828. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219909 on 2025-04-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1998-06-18 06:08:16Z

created

Fondo, Esther

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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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. Frankfurt am Main (Heinrich Ludwig Brönner). 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 Randall, J. E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. Immel Publishing. [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. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]

Other

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]