WoRMS taxon details
Scartichthys gigas (Steindachner, 1876)
282674 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282674)
accepted
Species
Ophioblennius mazorkae Hildebrand, 1946 · unaccepted
Ophioblennius xiphiodon Clark, 1938 · unaccepted
Salarias eques Steindachner, 1898 · unaccepted
Salarias gigas Steindachner, 1876 · unaccepted
Scartichthys xiphiodon (Clark, 1938) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Salarias gigas Steindachner, 1876) Steindachner, F. (1876). Ichthyologische Beiträge (V). [Subtitles i-v.]. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 74 (1. Abth.): 49-240, Pls. 1-15. [Also as a separate, pp. 1-192, Pls. 1-15. According to 1974 reprint of Ichthyologische Beiträge the date is 1877. Date of separate may be 1876, the date we use.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Scartichthys gigas (Steindachner, 1876). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282674 on 2025-04-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ophioblennius xiphiodon Clark, 1938) Clark, H. W. (1938). Additional new fishes. The Templeton Crocker Expedition of 1934-35. No. 36. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> (Series 4) v. 22 (no. 7): 179-185. [details]
original description (of Salarias eques Steindachner, 1898) Steindachner, F. (1898). Die Fische der Sammlung Plate. In: Plate, L. (ed.): Fauna Chilensis. Abhandlungen zur Kenntniss der Zoologie Chiles nach den Sammlungen von Dr. L. Plate. <em>Erster Band. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Jena, Supplementband.</em> v. 4: 281-338, Pl. 15-21. [Spanish translation appeared in Boletin del Museo Nacional de Chile v. 5 (no. 1) 1913: 167-199, Pls. 1-10.]. [details]
original description (of Salarias gigas Steindachner, 1876) Steindachner, F. (1876). Ichthyologische Beiträge (V). [Subtitles i-v.]. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 74 (1. Abth.): 49-240, Pls. 1-15. [Also as a separate, pp. 1-192, Pls. 1-15. According to 1974 reprint of Ichthyologische Beiträge the date is 1877. Date of separate may be 1876, the date we use.]. [details]
original description (of Salarias eques Steindachner, 1898) Steindachner, F. (1898). Die Fische der Sammlung Plate. In: Plate, L. (ed.): Fauna Chilensis. Abhandlungen zur Kenntniss der Zoologie Chiles nach den Sammlungen von Dr. L. Plate. <em>Erster Band. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Jena, Supplementband.</em> v. 4: 281-338, Pl. 15-21. [Spanish translation appeared in Boletin del Museo Nacional de Chile v. 5 (no. 1) 1913: 167-199, Pls. 1-10.]. [details]
original description (of Salarias gigas Steindachner, 1876) Steindachner, F. (1876). Ichthyologische Beiträge (V). [Subtitles i-v.]. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 74 (1. Abth.): 49-240, Pls. 1-15. [Also as a separate, pp. 1-192, Pls. 1-15. According to 1974 reprint of Ichthyologische Beiträge the date is 1877. Date of separate may be 1876, the date we use.]. [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 (33 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scartichthys xiphiodon (Clark, 1938))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Ophioblennius mazorkae Hildebrand, 1946)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Ophioblennius xiphiodon Clark, 1938)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Salarias eques Steindachner, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Salarias gigas Steindachner, 1876)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scartichthys gigas)
To FishBase (from synonym Salarias eques Steindachner, 1898)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophioblennius xiphiodon Clark, 1938)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophioblennius mazorkae Hildebrand, 1946)
To FishBase (from synonym Salarias gigas Steindachner, 1876)
To FishBase (from synonym Scartichthys xiphiodon (Clark, 1938))
To FishBase images (Scartichthys gigas, Peru, by Hooker, Y.)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Salarias gigas Steindachner, 1876)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophioblennius mazorkae USNM 128188 type photograph lateral view) (from synonym Ophioblennius mazorkae Hildebrand, 1946)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scartichthys gigas RAD108382-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scartichthys gigas RAD108382-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scartichthys xiphiodon (Clark, 1938))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Ophioblennius mazorkae Hildebrand, 1946)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Ophioblennius xiphiodon Clark, 1938)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Salarias eques Steindachner, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Salarias gigas Steindachner, 1876)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scartichthys gigas)
To FishBase (from synonym Salarias eques Steindachner, 1898)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophioblennius xiphiodon Clark, 1938)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophioblennius mazorkae Hildebrand, 1946)
To FishBase (from synonym Salarias gigas Steindachner, 1876)
To FishBase (from synonym Scartichthys xiphiodon (Clark, 1938))
To FishBase images (Scartichthys gigas, Peru, by Hooker, Y.)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Salarias gigas Steindachner, 1876)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophioblennius mazorkae USNM 128188 type photograph lateral view) (from synonym Ophioblennius mazorkae Hildebrand, 1946)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scartichthys gigas RAD108382-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scartichthys gigas RAD108382-001)
To ITIS
