MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Spicara melanurus (Valenciennes, 1830)

WoRMS taxon details

Spicara melanurus (Valenciennes, 1830)

To FishBase images (<i>Spicara melanurus</i>, Cape Verde, by Wirtz, P.)

To FishBase images (Spicara melanurus, Cape Verde, by Wirtz, P.)

AphiaID

126829 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126829)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Spicara Rafinesque, 1810

Original name

Smaris melanurus Valenciennes, 1830

Synonymised names

Centracanthus melanurus (Valenciennes, 1830) · unaccepted

Pterosmaris melanurus (Valenciennes, 1830) · unaccepted

Smaris melanurus Valenciennes, 1830 · unaccepted (synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Smaris melanurus Valenciennes, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Spicara melanurus (Valenciennes, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126829 on 2025-04-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Smaris melanurus Valenciennes, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [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. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]

Other

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pterosmaris melanurus (Valenciennes, 1830))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Smaris melanurus Valenciennes, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Smaris melanurus Valenciennes, 1830)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Centracanthus melanurus (Valenciennes, 1830))
To FishBase (from synonym Pterosmaris melanurus (Valenciennes, 1830))
To FishBase images (Spicara melanurus, Cape Verde, by Wirtz, P.)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS

From editor or global species database

To FishBase images (Spicara melanurus, Cape Verde, by Wirtz, P.)

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