WoRMS taxon details
Priacanthus arenatus Cuvier, 1829
127005 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127005)
accepted
Species
Priacanthus catalufa Poey, 1863 · unaccepted
Priacanthus insularum Johnson, 1862 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome troisième. Suite du Livre troisième. Des percoïdes à dorsale unique à sept rayons branchiaux et à dents en velours ou en cardes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 3: i-xxviii + 2 pp. + 1-500, Pls. 41-71. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xxii + 1-368 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
Distribution tropical and tropically influenced areas of the Atlantic Ocean; Western Atlantic: 56°N southward to northern Argentina
Distribution tropical and tropically influenced areas of the Atlantic Ocean; Western Atlantic: 56°N southward to northern Argentina [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Priacanthus arenatus Cuvier, 1829. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127005 on 2025-03-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome troisième. Suite du Livre troisième. Des percoïdes à dorsale unique à sept rayons branchiaux et à dents en velours ou en cardes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 3: i-xxviii + 2 pp. + 1-500, Pls. 41-71. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xxii + 1-368 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [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 Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [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 Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [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
Diet feeds mainly on small fishes, crustaceans and polychaetes [details]Distribution tropical and tropically influenced areas of the Atlantic Ocean; Western Atlantic: 56°N southward to northern Argentina [details]
Habitat Found on coral reefs and rocky bottoms. [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Importance Social- Commercial, aquariumfish [details]
To Barcode of Life (50 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Priacanthus catalufa Poey, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Priacanthus insularum Johnson, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (81 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Priacanthus arenatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Priacanthus insularum Johnson, 1862)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Priacanthus catalufa Poey, 1863)
To FishBase images (Priacanthus arenatus, by Flescher, D.)
To GenBank (51 nucleotides; 68 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Priacanthus arenatus RAD107287-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Priacanthus arenatus RAD107680-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Priacanthus catalufa Poey, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Priacanthus insularum Johnson, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (81 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Priacanthus arenatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Priacanthus insularum Johnson, 1862)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Priacanthus catalufa Poey, 1863)
To FishBase images (Priacanthus arenatus, by Flescher, D.)
To GenBank (51 nucleotides; 68 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Priacanthus arenatus RAD107287-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Priacanthus arenatus RAD107680-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
