WoRMS taxon details

Variola louti (Forsskål, 1775)

218304  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218304)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Perca louti Forsskål, 1775) Niebuhr, C. (1775). Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit Petrus Forskål. <em>Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Hauniae.</em> 1-20 + i-xxxiv + 1-164, map. [Pisces on pp. x-xix and 22-76]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18564
page(s): 40, xi [details]   
Description Usually seen in clear-water areas at depths below 15 m, and prefers islands and offshore reefs rather than continental...  
Description Usually seen in clear-water areas at depths below 15 m, and prefers islands and offshore reefs rather than continental shores. Feeds mainly on fishes, and on crabs, shrimps and stomatopods. It may not be sold in Mauritius because of cases of ciguatera poisoning. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Variola louti (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218304 on 2024-04-23
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
1998-06-12 06:53:36Z
changed
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed

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original description  (of Labrus punctulatus Lacepède, 1801) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.
page(s): 431, 477, Pl. 17 (fig. 2) [details]   

original description  (of Serranus melanotaenia Bleeker, 1857) Bleeker, P. (1857). Achtste bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Amboina. <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 2 (art. 7): 1-102. [details]   

original description  (of Perca louti Forsskål, 1775) Niebuhr, C. (1775). Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit Petrus Forskål. <em>Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Hauniae.</em> 1-20 + i-xxxiv + 1-164, map. [Pisces on pp. x-xix and 22-76]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18564
page(s): 40, xi [details]   

context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]   

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

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]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description Usually seen in clear-water areas at depths below 15 m, and prefers islands and offshore reefs rather than continental shores. Feeds mainly on fishes, and on crabs, shrimps and stomatopods. It may not be sold in Mauritius because of cases of ciguatera poisoning. [details]
LanguageName 
English yellow-edged lyretaillunartail grouper  [details]
Japanese バラハタ  [details]