Nomenclature
original description
(of Cheironectes politus Richardson, 1844) Richardson, J. (1844). Description of Australian Fish. (Part 2). <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> v. 3 (art. 5, pt. 2): 133-185, Pls. 7-11. [details]
basis of record
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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] 
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) (from synonym Thymichthys politus (Richardson, 1844))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cheironectes politus Richardson, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Brachionichthys politus (Richardson, 1844))
To FishBase (from synonym Brachionichthys politus (Richardson, 1844))
To FishBase (from synonym Cheironectes politus Richardson, 1844)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Thymichthys politus (Richardson, 1844))
To FishBase images (Brachionichthys politus, Australia, by Hall, D.J.) (from synonym Brachionichthys politus (Richardson, 1844))
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered) (from synonym Thymichthys politus (Richardson, 1844))
To ITIS
From editor or global species database