WoRMS taxon details
Lachnolaimus maximus (Walbaum, 1792)
158822 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158822)
accepted
Species
Labrus maximus Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted
Lachnolaimis maximus (Walbaum, 1792) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Labrus maximus Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 261 [details]
page(s): 261 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: from Nova Scotia (Canada), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern South America.
Distribution Western Atlantic: from Nova Scotia (Canada), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern South America. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lachnolaimus maximus (Walbaum, 1792). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158822 on 2025-03-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Labrus maximus Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 261 [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): 261 [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
context source (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
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 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 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 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: from Nova Scotia (Canada), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern South America. [details]Habitat benthic [details]
To Barcode of Life (30 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Labrus maximus Walbaum, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (86 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lachnolaimus maximus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus maximus Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase images (Lachnolaimus maximus, Belize, by Randall, J.E.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (95 nucleotides; 49 proteins)
To GenBank (95 nucleotides; 49 proteins) (from synonym Labrus maximus Walbaum, 1792)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lachnolaimus maximus RAD117168-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lachnolaimus maximus USNM 405792 lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Labrus maximus Walbaum, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (86 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lachnolaimus maximus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus maximus Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase images (Lachnolaimus maximus, Belize, by Randall, J.E.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (95 nucleotides; 49 proteins)
To GenBank (95 nucleotides; 49 proteins) (from synonym Labrus maximus Walbaum, 1792)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lachnolaimus maximus RAD117168-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lachnolaimus maximus USNM 405792 lateral view)
To ITIS
