WoRMS name details
Mullus pleurotaenia Playfair, 1867
218653 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218653)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Playfair, R. L.; Günther, A. (1867). The fishes of Zanzibar, with a list of the fishes of the whole east coast of Africa. <em>London.</em> i-xiv + 1-153, Pls. 1-21. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Mullus pleurotaenia Playfair, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218653 on 2026-01-26
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Nomenclature
original description
Playfair, R. L.; Günther, A. (1867). The fishes of Zanzibar, with a list of the fishes of the whole east coast of Africa. <em>London.</em> i-xiv + 1-153, Pls. 1-21. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Randall, J. E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. <em>Immel Publishing.</em> [details]
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To FishBase
To NHMUK collection (Mullus pleurotaenia Playfair in Playfair & Günther, 1867; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3100981)
To FishBase
To NHMUK collection (Mullus pleurotaenia Playfair in Playfair & Günther, 1867; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3100981)
From editor or global species database
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