WoRMS taxon details
Trachinotus falcatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
367285 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:367285)
accepted
Species
Chaetodon rhomboides Bloch, 1787 · unaccepted
Labrus falcatus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Labrus falcatus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Distribution Western Atlantic: Emerald Bank to southeastern Brazil, including Bahamas and many of the West Indies. Also in Bermuda, Gulf...
Distribution Western Atlantic: Emerald Bank to southeastern Brazil, including Bahamas and many of the West Indies. Also in Bermuda, Gulf of Mexico [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Trachinotus falcatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367285 on 2026-08-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Labrus falcatus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Chaetodon rhomboides Bloch, 1787) Bloch, M. E. (1782-95). Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Fische. 12 volumes. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
[request]original description (of Chaetodon rhomboides Bloch, 1787) Bloch, M. E. (1782-95). Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Fische. 12 volumes. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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] 
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 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Adults feed on mollusks, crabs, shrimps, and small fishes; juveniles on benthic invertebrates [details]Distribution Western Atlantic: Emerald Bank to southeastern Brazil, including Bahamas and many of the West Indies. Also in Bermuda, Gulf of Mexico [details]
Habitat Adults frequently in channels or holes, over sandy flats, around reefs, and at times over mud bottoms; usually solitary or in small schools; smaller fish tolerate brackishwater. [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Importance Social- Commercial, fishery, gamefish and aquarium fish [details]
Reproduction Spawn offshore [details]
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4786988#page/417/mode/1up (from synonym Chaetodon rhomboides Bloch, 1787)
To Barcode of Life (51 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (122 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Labrus falcatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Trachinotus falcatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus falcatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase
To FishSounds
To GenBank (119 nucleotides; 61 proteins) (from synonym Labrus falcatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (51 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (122 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Labrus falcatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Trachinotus falcatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus falcatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase
To FishSounds
To GenBank (119 nucleotides; 61 proteins) (from synonym Labrus falcatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
