WoRMS taxon details
Tylosurus imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810)
126380 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126380)
accepted
Species
Belone cantrainii (Cocco, 1833) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Belone imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810) · unaccepted
Esox imperialis Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted
Strongylura imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810) · unaccepted
Tylosurus acus imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810) · unaccepted
Tylosurus cantrainei Cocco, 1833 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Esox imperialis Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964 [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Tylosurus imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126380 on 2026-01-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tylosurus cantrainei Cocco, 1833) Cocco, A. (1833). Su di alcuni pesci de' mari di Messina. <em>Giornale di Scienze Lettere e Arti per La Sicilia.</em> v. 42 (no. 124): 9-21, Pl. 42.
page(s): 18, Pl. (fig. 4) [details]
original description (of Esox imperialis Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 18, Pl. (fig. 4) [details]
original description (of Esox imperialis Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [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
Wirtz, P.; Brito, A.; Falcón, J. M.; Freitas, R.; Fricke, R.; Monteiro, V.; Reiner, F. & Tariche, O. (2013). The coastal fishes of the Cape Verde Islands -- new records and an annotated check-list. <em>Spixiana (München).</em> 36 (1): 113-142. [details]
additional source Fricke, R.; Bilecenoglu, M.; Sari, H. M. (2007). Annotated checklist of fish and lamprey species (Gnathostomata and Petromyzontomorphi) of Turkey, including a Red List of threatened and declining species. <em>Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie).</em> 706: 1-169. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Fricke, R.; Bilecenoglu, M.; Sari, H. M. (2007). Annotated checklist of fish and lamprey species (Gnathostomata and Petromyzontomorphi) of Turkey, including a Red List of threatened and declining species. <em>Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie).</em> 706: 1-169. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Turkish | zargana [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Tylosurus acus imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Esox imperialis Rafinesque, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Belone cantrainii (Cocco, 1833))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Belone imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tylosurus acus imperialis) (from synonym Tylosurus acus imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810))
To FishBase (from synonym Belone imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Tylosurus acus imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810))
To FishBase (from synonym Tylosurus cantrainei Cocco, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Esox imperialis Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Strongylura imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810))
To FishBase (from synonym Belone cantrainii (Cocco, 1833))
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Tylosurus acus imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Tylosurus acus imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Tylosurus acus imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Esox imperialis Rafinesque, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Belone cantrainii (Cocco, 1833))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Belone imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tylosurus acus imperialis) (from synonym Tylosurus acus imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810))
To FishBase (from synonym Belone imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Tylosurus acus imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810))
To FishBase (from synonym Tylosurus cantrainei Cocco, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Esox imperialis Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Strongylura imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810))
To FishBase (from synonym Belone cantrainii (Cocco, 1833))
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Tylosurus acus imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Tylosurus acus imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810))
To ITIS
