WoRMS taxon details
Menticirrhus ophicephalus (Jenyns, 1840)
276147 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276147)
accepted
Species
Menticirrhus cokeri Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917 · unaccepted
Umbrina ophicephala Jenyns, 1840 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Umbrina ophicephala Jenyns, 1840) Jenyns, L. (1840-1842). Fish. <em>In: The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R. N., during the years 1832 to 1836.</em> London: Smith, Elder, and Co. Issued in 4 parts. i-xvi + 1-172, Pls. 1-29. [Sherborn 1897 [ref. 13554] dates to Jan. 1840 (pp. 1-32), June 1840 (33-64), Apr. 1841 (65-96), Apr. 1842 (97-172).]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Menticirrhus ophicephalus (Jenyns, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276147 on 2025-03-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Umbrina ophicephala Jenyns, 1840) Jenyns, L. (1840-1842). Fish. <em>In: The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R. N., during the years 1832 to 1836.</em> London: Smith, Elder, and Co. Issued in 4 parts. i-xvi + 1-172, Pls. 1-29. [Sherborn 1897 [ref. 13554] dates to Jan. 1840 (pp. 1-32), June 1840 (33-64), Apr. 1841 (65-96), Apr. 1842 (97-172).]. [details]
original description (of Menticirrhus cokeri Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917) Evermann, B. W.; Radcliffe L. (1917). The fishes of the west coast of Peru and the Titicaca Basin. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 95: i-xi + 1-166, Pls. 1-14. [details]
original description (of Menticirrhus cokeri Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917) Evermann, B. W.; Radcliffe L. (1917). The fishes of the west coast of Peru and the Titicaca Basin. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 95: i-xi + 1-166, Pls. 1-14. [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 (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [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
To Barcode of Life (32 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Menticirrhus cokeri Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Umbrina ophicephala Jenyns, 1840)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Menticirrhus ophicephalus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Umbrina ophicephala Jenyns, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Menticirrhus cokeri Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917)
To FishBase images (Menticirrhus ophicephalus, by FAO)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Umbrina ophicephala Jenyns, 1840)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Menticirrhus cokeri P13733 illustration) (from synonym Menticirrhus cokeri Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Menticirrhus cokeri Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Umbrina ophicephala Jenyns, 1840)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Menticirrhus ophicephalus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Umbrina ophicephala Jenyns, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Menticirrhus cokeri Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917)
To FishBase images (Menticirrhus ophicephalus, by FAO)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Umbrina ophicephala Jenyns, 1840)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Menticirrhus cokeri P13733 illustration) (from synonym Menticirrhus cokeri Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917)
To ITIS
