WoRMS taxon details
Chelon richardsonii (Smith, 1846)
1042831 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1042831)
accepted
Species
Liza richardsoni (Smith, 1846) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Liza richardsonii (Smith, 1846) · unaccepted
Mugil multilineatus Smith, 1846 · unaccepted
Mugil richardsonii Smith, 1846 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mugil richardsonii Smith, 1846) Smith, A. (1838-1847). Pisces. <em>In: Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa in 1834-36.</em> v. 4: 77 unnumb. pp, accompanying Pls. 1-31. [Published in parts; see Barnard 1950 for dates of individual parts; fishes from 1838-1847.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Chelon richardsonii (Smith, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1042831 on 2026-08-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mugil multilineatus Smith, 1846) Smith, A. (1838-1847). Pisces. <em>In: Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa in 1834-36.</em> v. 4: 77 unnumb. pp, accompanying Pls. 1-31. [Published in parts; see Barnard 1950 for dates of individual parts; fishes from 1838-1847.]. [details]
original description (of Mugil richardsonii Smith, 1846) Smith, A. (1838-1847). Pisces. <em>In: Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa in 1834-36.</em> v. 4: 77 unnumb. pp, accompanying Pls. 1-31. [Published in parts; see Barnard 1950 for dates of individual parts; fishes from 1838-1847.]. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Mugil richardsonii Smith, 1846) Smith, A. (1838-1847). Pisces. <em>In: Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa in 1834-36.</em> v. 4: 77 unnumb. pp, accompanying Pls. 1-31. [Published in parts; see Barnard 1950 for dates of individual parts; fishes from 1838-1847.]. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (26 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Liza richardsoni (Smith, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Liza richardsonii (Smith, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Mugil richardsonii Smith, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Mugil multilineatus Smith, 1846)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chelon richardsonii)
To FishBase (from synonym Liza richardsoni (Smith, 1846))
To FishBase (from synonym Mugil multilineatus Smith, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Mugil richardsonii Smith, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Liza richardsonii (Smith, 1846))
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Liza richardsonii (Smith, 1846))
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Mugil richardsonii Smith, 1846)
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Liza richardsoni (Smith, 1846))
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 32 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Liza richardsonii (Smith, 1846))
To NHMUK collection (Mugil richardsonii Smith, 1846; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2577334) (from synonym Mugil richardsonii Smith, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Liza richardsoni (Smith, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Liza richardsonii (Smith, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Mugil richardsonii Smith, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Mugil multilineatus Smith, 1846)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chelon richardsonii)
To FishBase (from synonym Liza richardsoni (Smith, 1846))
To FishBase (from synonym Mugil multilineatus Smith, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Mugil richardsonii Smith, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Liza richardsonii (Smith, 1846))
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Liza richardsonii (Smith, 1846))
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Mugil richardsonii Smith, 1846)
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Liza richardsoni (Smith, 1846))
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 32 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Liza richardsonii (Smith, 1846))
To NHMUK collection (Mugil richardsonii Smith, 1846; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2577334) (from synonym Mugil richardsonii Smith, 1846)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
