WoRMS taxon details
Doratonotus megalepis Günther, 1862
280576 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280576)
accepted
Species
Antonichthys wetmorelloides Bauchot & Blanc, 1961 · unaccepted
Doradonotus megalepis Günther, 1862 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Doratonotus decoratus Evermann & Marsh, 1899 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Doratonotus decoris Evermann & Marsh, 1899 · unaccepted
Doratonotus thalassinus Jordan & Gilbert, 1884 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Doratonotus megalepis Günther, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280576 on 2025-03-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
original description (of Doratonotus decoris Evermann & Marsh, 1899) Evermann, B. W.; Marsh, M. C. (1899). Descriptions of new genera and species of fishes from Puerto Rico. <em>United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner.</em> v. 25 (for 1899) Appendix 7: 351-362., available online at https://penbay.org/cof/cof_1899_13.pdf [details]
original description (of Antonichthys wetmorelloides Bauchot & Blanc, 1961) Bauchot, M.-L.; Blanc, M. (1961). Poissons marins de l'Est Atlantique tropical. I. Labroidei (Téléostéens Perciformes). <em>Atlantide Report.</em> 6: 43-64. [details]
original description (of Doratonotus decoris Evermann & Marsh, 1899) Evermann, B. W.; Marsh, M. C. (1899). Descriptions of new genera and species of fishes from Puerto Rico. <em>United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner.</em> v. 25 (for 1899) Appendix 7: 351-362., available online at https://penbay.org/cof/cof_1899_13.pdf [details]
original description (of Antonichthys wetmorelloides Bauchot & Blanc, 1961) Bauchot, M.-L.; Blanc, M. (1961). Poissons marins de l'Est Atlantique tropical. I. Labroidei (Téléostéens Perciformes). <em>Atlantide Report.</em> 6: 43-64. [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 (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [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 McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [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 McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (50 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Doratonotus decoris Evermann & Marsh, 1899)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Doratonotus thalassinus Jordan & Gilbert, 1884)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Doratonotus megalepis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Antonichthys wetmorelloides Bauchot & Blanc, 1961)
To FishBase (from synonym Doradonotus megalepis Günther, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Doratonotus decoratus Evermann & Marsh, 1899)
To FishBase (from synonym Doratonotus decoris Evermann & Marsh, 1899)
To FishBase (from synonym Doratonotus thalassinus Jordan & Gilbert, 1884)
To FishBase images (Doratonotus megalepis, USA, by Leahy Jr., P.M.)
To GenBank (47 nucleotides; 52 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Doratonotus decoris P10036 illustration) (from synonym Doratonotus decoris Evermann & Marsh, 1899)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Doratonotus megalepis FIN035052 Slide 35 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Doratonotus megalepis USNM 414572 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Doratonotus decoris Evermann & Marsh, 1899)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Doratonotus thalassinus Jordan & Gilbert, 1884)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Doratonotus megalepis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Antonichthys wetmorelloides Bauchot & Blanc, 1961)
To FishBase (from synonym Doradonotus megalepis Günther, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Doratonotus decoratus Evermann & Marsh, 1899)
To FishBase (from synonym Doratonotus decoris Evermann & Marsh, 1899)
To FishBase (from synonym Doratonotus thalassinus Jordan & Gilbert, 1884)
To FishBase images (Doratonotus megalepis, USA, by Leahy Jr., P.M.)
To GenBank (47 nucleotides; 52 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Doratonotus decoris P10036 illustration) (from synonym Doratonotus decoris Evermann & Marsh, 1899)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Doratonotus megalepis FIN035052 Slide 35 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Doratonotus megalepis USNM 414572 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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