WoRMS taxon details
Apogon americanus Castelnau, 1855
272972 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272972)
accepted
Species
Apogon americanum Castelnau, 1855 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Castelnau, F. L. (1855). Poissons. In: Animaux nouveaux or rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du gouvernement Français pendant les années 1843 a 1847 ... Part 7,. <em>Zoologie. Paris (P. Bertrand).</em> v. 2: i-xii + 1-112, Pls. 1-50. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Apogon americanus Castelnau, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272972 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Castelnau, F. L. (1855). Poissons. In: Animaux nouveaux or rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du gouvernement Français pendant les années 1843 a 1847 ... Part 7,. <em>Zoologie. Paris (P. Bertrand).</em> v. 2: i-xii + 1-112, Pls. 1-50. [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
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
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Apogon americanum Castelnau, 1855)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Apogon americanum Castelnau, 1855)
To FishBase images (Apogon americanus, Brazil, by Guimarães, R. Z. P.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Apogon americanus RAD105130-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Apogon americanum Castelnau, 1855)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Apogon americanum Castelnau, 1855)
To FishBase images (Apogon americanus, Brazil, by Guimarães, R. Z. P.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Apogon americanus RAD105130-001)
To ITIS
