Nibea soldado (Lacepède, 1802)
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
Nibea soldado, commonly known as the soldier croaker, is a species of fish native to the northern Indian and western Pacific Oceans, and found in estuaries of south and southeast Asia, Indochina and northern Australia.
Wikipedia contributors, Nibea soldado; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:20:47.239115+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Nibea soldado (Lacepède, 1802)
- Name authority
- (Lacepède, 1802)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Sciaenidae
- Genus
- Nibea
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: yes · 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
- genusNibea Jordan & Thompson, 1911
- speciesNibea soldado (Lacepède, 1802)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Nibea. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Nibea acuta (Tang, 1937) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nibea coibor (Hamilton, 1822) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nibea leptolepis (Ogilby, 1918) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nibea maculata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nibea albiflora (Richardson, 1846) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nibea chui Trewavas, 1971 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nibea microgenys Sasaki, 1992 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Blue drumNibea mitsukurii (Jordan & Snyder, 1900) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Johnius soldado (Lacepède, 1802) (Lacepède, 1802) | synonym |
| Corvina argentea MacLeay, 1883 MacLeay, 1883 | synonym |
| Holocentrus soldado Lacepède, 1802 Lacepède, 1802 | synonym |
| Otolithes soldado (Lacepède, 1802) (Lacepède, 1802) | synonym |
| Sciaena miles (Cuvier, 1829) (Cuvier, 1829) | synonym |
| Wak soldado (Lacepède, 1802) (Lacepède, 1802) | synonym |
| Corvina miles Cuvier, 1829 Cuvier, 1829 | synonym |
| Nibea saldado (Lacepède, 1802) (Lacepède, 1802) | synonym |
| Sciaena muelleri Steindachner, 1879 Steindachner, 1879 | synonym |
| Pseudosciaena soldado (Lacepède, 1802) (Lacepède, 1802) | synonym |
| Corvina celebica Bleeker, 1854 Bleeker, 1854 | synonym |
| Corvina sampitensis Bleeker, 1852 Bleeker, 1852 | synonym |
| Corvina wolffii Bleeker, 1851 Bleeker, 1851 | synonym |
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.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281755 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:749RT. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.