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WoRMS taxon detailsMenticirrhus americanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
159326 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159326)
accepted
Species
Cyprinus americanus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Menthicirrhus americanus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Menticirrhus martinicensis (Cuvier, 1830) · unaccepted
Perca alburnus Linnaeus, 1766 · unaccepted
Umbrina arenata Cuvier, 1830 · unaccepted
Umbrina gracilis Cuvier, 1830 · unaccepted
Umbrina martinicensis Cuvier, 1830 · unaccepted
marine, brackish,
(of Cyprinus americanus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
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Distribution Western Atlantic: from New York to Texas, USA and Bay of Campeche to Buenos Aires, Argentina; absent in southern Florida and...
Distribution Western Atlantic: from New York to Texas, USA and Bay of Campeche to Buenos Aires, Argentina; absent in southern Florida and the Antilles [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Menticirrhus americanus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159326 on 2025-05-25
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Umbrina arenata Cuvier, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome cinquième. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. v. 5: i-xxviii + 1-499 + 4 pp., Pls. 100-140. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xx + 1-374 in Strasbourg edition.]. page(s): 190 [details] original description (of Umbrina gracilis Cuvier, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome cinquième. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. v. 5: i-xxviii + 1-499 + 4 pp., Pls. 100-140. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xx + 1-374 in Strasbourg edition.]. page(s): 189 [details] original description (of Cyprinus americanus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]original description (of Umbrina martinicensis Cuvier, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome cinquième. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. v. 5: i-xxviii + 1-499 + 4 pp., Pls. 100-140. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xx + 1-374 in Strasbourg edition.]. page(s): 186 [details] original description (of Perca alburnus Linnaeus, 1766) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [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] Ecologyecology 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] Otheradditional 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 New York to Texas, USA and Bay of Campeche to Buenos Aires, Argentina; absent in southern Florida and the Antilles [details]Habitat benthic [details]
To Barcode of Life (48 barcodes) (from synonym Menticirrhus martinicensis (Cuvier, 1830))
To Barcode of Life (74 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Umbrina martinicensis Cuvier, 1830) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Umbrina gracilis Cuvier, 1830) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Menticirrhus martinicensis (Cuvier, 1830)) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Umbrina arenata Cuvier, 1830) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) (from synonym Perca alburnus Linnaeus, 1766) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications) (from synonym Cyprinus americanus Linnaeus, 1758) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (84 publications) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Menticirrhus americanus) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Menticirrhus martinicensis) (from synonym Menticirrhus martinicensis (Cuvier, 1830)) To FishBase (from synonym Umbrina martinicensis Cuvier, 1830) To FishBase (from synonym Menticirrhus martinicensis (Cuvier, 1830)) To FishBase (from synonym Menthicirrhus americanus (Linnaeus, 1758)) To FishBase To FishBase (from synonym Umbrina arenata Cuvier, 1830) To FishBase (from synonym Cyprinus americanus Linnaeus, 1758) To FishBase (from synonym Perca alburnus Linnaeus, 1766) To FishBase (from synonym Umbrina gracilis Cuvier, 1830) To FishBase images (Menticirrhus americanus, Brazil, by Timm, C.D.) To FishSounds To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Umbrina gracilis Cuvier, 1830) To GenBank (263 nucleotides; 97 proteins) To GenBank (263 nucleotides; 97 proteins) (from synonym Cyprinus americanus Linnaeus, 1758) To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 49 proteins) (from synonym Menticirrhus martinicensis (Cuvier, 1830)) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Menticirrhus martinicensis (Cuvier, 1830)) To ITIS |
