WoRMS taxon details
Etelis oculatus (Valenciennes, 1828)
159789 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159789)
accepted
Species
Erythrobussothen gracilis Parr, 1933 · unaccepted
Etelis aculatus (Valenciennes, 1828) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Serranus oculatus Valenciennes, 1828 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Serranus oculatus Valenciennes, 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. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Bermuda and North Carolina, USA, Gulf of Mexico southward through the Caribbean to Brazil; particularly...
Distribution Western Atlantic: Bermuda and North Carolina, USA, Gulf of Mexico southward through the Caribbean to Brazil; particularly abundant in the Bahamas and the Antilles [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Etelis oculatus (Valenciennes, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159789 on 2025-06-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Serranus oculatus Valenciennes, 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. [details]
original description (of Erythrobussothen gracilis Parr, 1933) Parr, A. E. (1933). Deepsea Berycomorphi and Percomorphi from the waters around the Bahama and Bermuda islands. (Scientific results of the third oceanographic expedition of the "Pawnee" 1927.). <em>Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University.</em> v. 3 (art. 6): 1-51. [details]
basis of record Moore, J. A.; Vecchione, M.; Collette, B.B.; Gibbons; R. (2002). The fauna of Bear Seamount (New England Seamount chain), and the presence of "natural invader" species. <em>ICES Annual Science Conference and ICES Centenary.</em> [details]
original description (of Erythrobussothen gracilis Parr, 1933) Parr, A. E. (1933). Deepsea Berycomorphi and Percomorphi from the waters around the Bahama and Bermuda islands. (Scientific results of the third oceanographic expedition of the "Pawnee" 1927.). <em>Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University.</em> v. 3 (art. 6): 1-51. [details]
basis of record Moore, J. A.; Vecchione, M.; Collette, B.B.; Gibbons; R. (2002). The fauna of Bear Seamount (New England Seamount chain), and the presence of "natural invader" species. <em>ICES Annual Science Conference and ICES Centenary.</em> [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 (Deepsea)
Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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]
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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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: Bermuda and North Carolina, USA, Gulf of Mexico southward through the Caribbean to Brazil; particularly abundant in the Bahamas and the Antilles [details]Habitat benthic [details]
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Erythrobussothen gracilis Parr, 1933)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Serranus oculatus Valenciennes, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Etelis oculatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus oculatus Valenciennes, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Etelis aculatus (Valenciennes, 1828))
To FishBase (from synonym Erythrobussothen gracilis Parr, 1933)
To FishBase images (Etelis oculatus, by Romine, J.G.)
To GenBank (47 nucleotides; 37 proteins)
To GenBank (47 nucleotides; 37 proteins) (from synonym Serranus oculatus Valenciennes, 1828)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Erythrobussothen gracilis Parr, 1933)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Serranus oculatus Valenciennes, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Etelis oculatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus oculatus Valenciennes, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Etelis aculatus (Valenciennes, 1828))
To FishBase (from synonym Erythrobussothen gracilis Parr, 1933)
To FishBase images (Etelis oculatus, by Romine, J.G.)
To GenBank (47 nucleotides; 37 proteins)
To GenBank (47 nucleotides; 37 proteins) (from synonym Serranus oculatus Valenciennes, 1828)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
