WoRMS taxon details
Lutjanus jocu (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
159798 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159798)
accepted
Species
Anthias jocu Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
Mesoprion litura Cuvier, 1828 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Anthias jocu Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 310 [details]
page(s): 310 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA southward to northern Brazil, Bermuda, throughout Bahamas, including Gulf of Mexico...
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA southward to northern Brazil, Bermuda, throughout Bahamas, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lutjanus jocu (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159798 on 2025-07-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Anthias jocu Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 310 [details]
original description (of Mesoprion litura Cuvier, 1828) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40.
page(s): 467 [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
page(s): 310 [details]
original description (of Mesoprion litura Cuvier, 1828) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40.
page(s): 467 [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [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] 
Other
additional source
McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
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]
additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA southward to northern Brazil, Bermuda, throughout Bahamas, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea [details]Habitat benthic [details]
To Barcode of Life (80 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Anthias jocu Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion litura Cuvier, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lutjanus jocu)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Anthias jocu Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion litura Cuvier, 1828)
To FishBase images (Lutjanus jocu, by Randall, J.E.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (84 nucleotides; 82 proteins)
To GenBank (84 nucleotides; 82 proteins) (from synonym Anthias jocu Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Anthias jocu Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion litura Cuvier, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lutjanus jocu)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Anthias jocu Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion litura Cuvier, 1828)
To FishBase images (Lutjanus jocu, by Randall, J.E.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (84 nucleotides; 82 proteins)
To GenBank (84 nucleotides; 82 proteins) (from synonym Anthias jocu Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
