professor stardrum
Stellifer walkeri Chao, 2001
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Stellifer walkeri Chao, 2001
- Name authority
- Chao, 2001
- Common name
- professor stardrum
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Sciaenidae
- Genus
- Stellifer
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familySciaenidae Cuvier, 1829
- genusStellifer Oken, 1817
- speciesStellifer walkeri Chao, 2001
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Stellifer. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Stellifer brasiliensis (Schultz, 1945) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stellifer colonensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1925 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stellifer ephelis Chirichigno F., 1974 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| hollow stardrumStellifer ericymba (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| silver stardrumStellifer illecebrosus Gilbert, 1898 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stellifer melanocheir Eigenmann, 1918 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stellifer minor (Tschudi, 1846) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stellifer pizarroensis Hildebrand, 1946 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stellifer stellifer (Bloch, 1790) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stellifer venezuelae (Schultz, 1945) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| amigo stardrumStellifer wintersteenorum Chao, 2001 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stellifer zestocarus Gilbert, 1898 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Chao, N. L. (2001). Two new species of Stellifer from inshore waters of the eastern Pacific, with a redescription of S. ephelis (Perciformes: Sciaenidae). Revista de Biologia Tropical, 49: 67–80. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4ZS65. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.