WoRMS taxon details
Opisthopterus macrops (Günther, 1867)
281922 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281922)
accepted
Species
Pristigaster macrops Günther, 1867 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pristigaster macrops Günther, 1867) Günther, A. (1867). On the fishes of the states of Central America, founded upon specimens collected in fresh and marine waters of various parts of that country by Messrs. Salvin and Godman and Capt. J. M. Dow. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866.</em> (pt 3): 600-604. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Opisthopterus macrops (Günther, 1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281922 on 2025-03-22
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pristigaster macrops Günther, 1867) Günther, A. (1867). On the fishes of the states of Central America, founded upon specimens collected in fresh and marine waters of various parts of that country by Messrs. Salvin and Godman and Capt. J. M. Dow. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866.</em> (pt 3): 600-604. [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 Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Pristigaster macrops Günther, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pristigaster macrops Günther, 1867)
To FishBase images (Opisthopterus macrops, El Salvador, by Robertson, R.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pristigaster macrops Günther, 1867)
To FishBase images (Opisthopterus macrops, El Salvador, by Robertson, R.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
