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Acanthopagrus berda (Forsskål, 1775)

To FishBase images (<i>Mylio berda</i>, Sri Lanka, by Randall, J.E.)
To FishBase images (Mylio berda, Sri Lanka, by Randall, J.E.)

218588  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218588)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Eupercaria incertae sedis (Order)
  11. Sparidae (Family)
  12. Acanthopagrus (Genus)
  13. Acanthopagrus berda (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Sparus berda Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 32, xi [details] OpenAccess publication
Description Found on muddy and sandy bottoms of coastal waters and estuaries. Enters freshwater. Juveniles inhabit protected bays....  
Description Found on muddy and sandy bottoms of coastal waters and estuaries. Enters freshwater. Juveniles inhabit protected bays. Feeds on invertebrates, including worms, molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms (Ref. 5213), and small fish (Ref. 3670). The flesh is excellent. Sold fresh in markets. This is a well-known angling fish in South Africa.  [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Acanthopagrus berda (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218588 on 2025-05-09
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-06-16 06:32:24Z
changed
Fondo, Esther
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Sparus calamara Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 182 [details] 

original description (of Sparus hasta 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): 275 [details] 

original description (of Sparus berda Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 32, xi [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Chrysophrys calamara Valenciennes, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> 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] 

original description (of Chrysophrys robinsoni Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) Gilchrist, J. D. F.; Thompson, W. W. (1908). Descriptions of fishes from the coast of Natal. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> v. 6 (pt 2): 145-206. [details] 

original description (of Chrysophrys madagascariensis Valenciennes, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> 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 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] OpenAccess publication

Other

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

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

Unreviewed
Description Found on muddy and sandy bottoms of coastal waters and estuaries. Enters freshwater. Juveniles inhabit protected bays. Feeds on invertebrates, including worms, molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms (Ref. 5213), and small fish (Ref. 3670). The flesh is excellent. Sold fresh in markets. This is a well-known angling fish in South Africa.  [details]
    Definitions

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English picnic seabream  [details]
To Barcode of Life (76 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pagrus berda (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Mylio berda (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Sparus calamara Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Chrysophrys robinsoni Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Chrysophrys calamara Valenciennes, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Sparus hasta Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) (from synonym Chrysophrys berda (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Chrysophrys madagascariensis Valenciennes, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Sparus madagascariensis (Valenciennes, 1830))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (59 publications) (from synonym Sparus berda Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthopagrus berda) 
To FishBase (from synonym Pagrus robinsoni (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908))
To FishBase (from synonym Sparus berda Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Pagrus berda (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysophrys berda (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Sparus madagascariensis (Valenciennes, 1830))
To FishBase (from synonym Sparus hasta Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysophrys robinsoni Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
To FishBase (from synonym Mylio berda (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Sparus calamara Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysophrys calamara Valenciennes, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysophrys berda calamara Day, 1876)
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthopagrus calamara (Valenciennes, 1830))
To Fishbase (from synonym Acanthopagrus bertha (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysophrys madagascariensis Valenciennes, 1830)
To FishBase images (Mylio berda, Sri Lanka, by Randall, J.E.) (from synonym Mylio berda (Forsskål, 1775))
To GenBank (191 nucleotides; 108 proteins) (from synonym Chrysophrys berda (Forsskål, 1775))
To GenBank (191 nucleotides; 108 proteins) (from synonym Pagrus berda (Forsskål, 1775))
To GenBank (191 nucleotides; 108 proteins) (from synonym Sparus berda Forsskål, 1775)
To GenBank (191 nucleotides; 108 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NHMUK collection (Chrysophrys calamara Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830; NHMUK:ecatalogue:6955405) (from synonym Chrysophrys calamara Valenciennes, 1830)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthopagrus berda FIN034347 Slide 120 mm) 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
To FishBase images (<i>Mylio berda</i>, Sri Lanka, by Randall, J.E.)
To FishBase images (Mylio berda, Sri Lanka, by Randall, J.E.)
Hosted externally, from synonym
Unreviewed
To NHMUK collection (Chrysophrys calamara Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830; NHMUK:ecatalogue:6955405)
To NHMUK collection (Chrysophrys calamara Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830; NHMUK:ecatalogue:6955405)
Hosted externally, from synonym
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthopagrus berda FIN034347 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthopagrus berda FIN034347 Slide 120 mm)
Hosted externally
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthopagrus berda FIN034347B Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthopagrus berda FIN034347B Slide 120 mm)
Hosted externally
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