WoRMS taxon details
Sciades couma (Valenciennes, 1840)
282693 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282693)
accepted
Species
Arius couma (Valenciennes, 1840) · unaccepted
Bagrus couma Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted (synonym)
Hexanematichthys couma (Valenciennes, 1840) · unaccepted
Sciadeichthys walcrechtii Boeseman, 1954 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Sciadeichthys walrechti Boeseman, 1954 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sciadeichthys walrechtii Boeseman, 1954 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Selenaspis couma (Valenciennes, 1840) · unaccepted
(of Bagrus couma Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Sciades couma (Valenciennes, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282693 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bagrus couma Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | Walrecht's meerval [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Bagrus couma Valenciennes, 1840)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sciades couma)
To FishBase (from synonym Sciadeichthys walrechti Boeseman, 1954)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Arius couma (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Bagrus couma Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Hexanematichthys couma (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Selenaspis couma (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Sciadeichthys walcrechtii Boeseman, 1954)
To FishBase (from synonym Sciadeichthys walrechtii Boeseman, 1954)
To FishBase images (Sciades couma, Brazil, by Barbosa, J.M./M. Deda)
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 33 proteins)
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 33 proteins) (from synonym Bagrus couma Valenciennes, 1840)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sciades couma RAD118164-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Bagrus couma Valenciennes, 1840)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sciades couma)
To FishBase (from synonym Sciadeichthys walrechti Boeseman, 1954)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Arius couma (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Bagrus couma Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Hexanematichthys couma (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Selenaspis couma (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Sciadeichthys walcrechtii Boeseman, 1954)
To FishBase (from synonym Sciadeichthys walrechtii Boeseman, 1954)
To FishBase images (Sciades couma, Brazil, by Barbosa, J.M./M. Deda)
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 33 proteins)
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 33 proteins) (from synonym Bagrus couma Valenciennes, 1840)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sciades couma RAD118164-001)
To ITIS
