North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787)

AphiaID

217659 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217659)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Plotosus Lacepède, 1803

Original name

Silurus lineatus Thunberg, 1787

Synonymised names

Plotosus lineatus Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) Thunberg, C. P. (1787-1821). Museum naturalium Academiae Upsaliensis. ... Praesidae. C. P. Thunberg, etc. 33 parts. Upsaliae.
page(s): 31, footnote 13 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=217659 on 2026-09-10

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=217659 on 2026-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-24 18:26:33Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

1998-06-10 06:08:33Z

changed

Fondo, Esther

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2008-02-28 13:41:07Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description (of Plotosus lineatus Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. v. 15: i-xxxi + 1-540, Pls. 421-455. [Valenciennes authored volume. i-xxiv + 1-397 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]

original description (of ) Thunberg, C. P. (1787-1821). Museum naturalium Academiae Upsaliensis. ... Praesidae. C. P. Thunberg, etc. 33 parts. Upsaliae.
page(s): 31, footnote 13 [details]

context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. BioInvasions Records. 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors

context source (WoRCS) Kovacic, M.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Patzner, R. A. (2024). Fishes in Marine Caves. Fishes. 9(6): 243., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/9/6/243 [details] Available for editors

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]

additional source Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. Biological Invasions. 11(3): 697-711., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9284-4 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. Mediterranean Marine Science. 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors

additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. Mediterranean Marine Science. 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]

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