WoRMS taxon details
Coilia mystus (Linnaeus, 1758)
279082 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279082)
accepted
Species
Chaetomus playfairii McClelland, 1844 · unaccepted
Choetomus playfairii McClelland, 1844 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Clupea mystus Osbeck, 1757 · unaccepted
Clupea mystus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Coilia clupeoides (Lacepède, 1803) · unaccepted
Colia mystus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Mystus clupeoides Lacepède, 1803 · unaccepted
Mystus ensiformes Linnaeus, 1754 · unaccepted
Osteoglossum prionostoma Basilewsky, 1855 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Clupea mystus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Coilia mystus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279082 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Clupea mystus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Osteoglossum prionostoma Basilewsky, 1855) Basilewsky, S. (1855). Ichthyographia Chinae borealis. <em>Nouveaux mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 10: 215-263, Pls. 1-9. [Published in 1855, written in 1852 (see cover). Plates cited in text do not agree with the actual plates.]. [details]
original description (of Mystus clupeoides Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629
page(s): 466, 467 [details]
[request]original description (of Osteoglossum prionostoma Basilewsky, 1855) Basilewsky, S. (1855). Ichthyographia Chinae borealis. <em>Nouveaux mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 10: 215-263, Pls. 1-9. [Published in 1855, written in 1852 (see cover). Plates cited in text do not agree with the actual plates.]. [details]
original description (of Mystus clupeoides Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629
page(s): 466, 467 [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 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 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 [request]
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 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
To Barcode of Life (44 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Osteoglossum prionostoma Basilewsky, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Coilia clupeoides (Lacepède, 1803))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Mystus clupeoides Lacepède, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Choetomus playfairii McClelland, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Clupea mystus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Clupea mystus Osbeck, 1757)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coilia mystus)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea mystus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Osteoglossum prionostoma Basilewsky, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Coilia clupeoides (Lacepède, 1803))
To FishBase (from synonym Mystus ensiformes Linnaeus, 1754)
To FishBase (from synonym Choetomus playfairii McClelland, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Mystus clupeoides Lacepède, 1803)
To FishBase (from synonym Colia mystus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetomus playfairii McClelland, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea mystus Osbeck, 1757)
To FishBase images (Coilia mystus, by CAFS)
To GenBank (181 nucleotides; 143 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Osteoglossum prionostoma Basilewsky, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Coilia clupeoides (Lacepède, 1803))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Mystus clupeoides Lacepède, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Choetomus playfairii McClelland, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Clupea mystus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Clupea mystus Osbeck, 1757)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coilia mystus)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea mystus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Osteoglossum prionostoma Basilewsky, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Coilia clupeoides (Lacepède, 1803))
To FishBase (from synonym Mystus ensiformes Linnaeus, 1754)
To FishBase (from synonym Choetomus playfairii McClelland, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Mystus clupeoides Lacepède, 1803)
To FishBase (from synonym Colia mystus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetomus playfairii McClelland, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea mystus Osbeck, 1757)
To FishBase images (Coilia mystus, by CAFS)
To GenBank (181 nucleotides; 143 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To ITIS
