World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

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Champsodon Günther, 1867

AphiaID

206066 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206066)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Champsodontidae Jordan & Snyder, 1902

Synonymised names

Centropercis Ogilby, 1895 · unaccepted

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Species Champsodon atridorsalis Ochiai & Nakamura, 1964
Species Champsodon capensis Regan, 1908
Species Champsodon fimbriatus Gilbert, 1905
Species Champsodon guentheri Regan, 1908
Species Champsodon longipinnis Matsubara & Amaoka, 1964
Species Champsodon machaeratus Nemeth, 1994
Species Champsodon nudivittis (Ogilby, 1895)
Species Champsodon omanensis Regan, 1908
Species Champsodon pantolepis Nemeth, 1994
Species Champsodon sagittus Nemeth, 1994
Species Champsodon sechellensis Regan, 1908
Species Champsodon snyderi Franz, 1910
Species Champsodon vorax Günther, 1867
Species Champsodon arafurensis Regan, 1908 accepted as Champsodon nudivittis (Ogilby, 1895)
Species Champsodon curticeps Fowler, 1943 accepted as Champsodon nudivittis (Ogilby, 1895) (misspelling)
Species Champsodon curtipes Fowler, 1943 accepted as Champsodon nudivittis (Ogilby, 1895)
Species Champsodon microphthalmus Regan, 1908 accepted as Champsodon vorax Günther, 1867

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Günther, A. (1867). Descriptions of some new or little-known species of fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867. (pt 1) (art. 2): 99-104, Pl. 10. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Champsodon Günther, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206066 on 2025-07-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-07 06:51:43Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-03-11 10:36:30Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Günther, A. (1867). Descriptions of some new or little-known species of fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867. (pt 1) (art. 2): 99-104, Pl. 10. [details]

basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Other

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554. [details]

Present

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Introduced: alien

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Language	Name
Japanese	ワニギス属	[details]

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