WoRMS taxon details
Pseudomyxus capensis (Valenciennes, 1836)
1043428 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1043428)
accepted
Species
Mugil capensis Valenciennes, 1836 · unaccepted
Mugil euronotus Smith, 1846 · unaccepted
Myxus capensis (Valenciennes, 1836) · unaccepted
Trachystoma euronotus (Smith, 1846) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mugil capensis Valenciennes, 1836) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1836). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome onzième. Livre treizième. De la famille des Mugiloïdes. Livre quatorzième. De la famille des Gobioïdes.</em> v. 11: i-xx + 1-506 + 2 pp., Pls. 307-343. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pseudomyxus capensis (Valenciennes, 1836). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1043428 on 2026-09-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mugil capensis Valenciennes, 1836) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1836). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome onzième. Livre treizième. De la famille des Mugiloïdes. Livre quatorzième. De la famille des Gobioïdes.</em> v. 11: i-xx + 1-506 + 2 pp., Pls. 307-343. [details]
original description (of Mugil euronotus 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 euronotus 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 (1 barcode)
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes) (from synonym Myxus capensis (Valenciennes, 1836))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Trachystoma euronotus (Smith, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Mugil capensis Valenciennes, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Myxus capensis (Valenciennes, 1836))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Mugil euronotus Smith, 1846)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudomyxus capensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachystoma euronotus (Smith, 1846))
To FishBase (from synonym Mugil euronotus Smith, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Myxus capensis (Valenciennes, 1836))
To FishBase (from synonym Mugil capensis Valenciennes, 1836)
To GenBank (75 nucleotides; 90 proteins) (from synonym Mugil capensis Valenciennes, 1836)
To GenBank (75 nucleotides; 90 proteins) (from synonym Myxus capensis (Valenciennes, 1836))
To GenBank (75 nucleotides; 90 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Myxus capensis (Valenciennes, 1836))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Myxus capensis (Valenciennes, 1836))
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes) (from synonym Myxus capensis (Valenciennes, 1836))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Trachystoma euronotus (Smith, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Mugil capensis Valenciennes, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Myxus capensis (Valenciennes, 1836))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Mugil euronotus Smith, 1846)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudomyxus capensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachystoma euronotus (Smith, 1846))
To FishBase (from synonym Mugil euronotus Smith, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Myxus capensis (Valenciennes, 1836))
To FishBase (from synonym Mugil capensis Valenciennes, 1836)
To GenBank (75 nucleotides; 90 proteins) (from synonym Mugil capensis Valenciennes, 1836)
To GenBank (75 nucleotides; 90 proteins) (from synonym Myxus capensis (Valenciennes, 1836))
To GenBank (75 nucleotides; 90 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Myxus capensis (Valenciennes, 1836))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Myxus capensis (Valenciennes, 1836))
