WoRMS taxon details
Orthopristis chrysoptera (Linnaeus, 1766)
158810 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158810)
accepted
Species
Haemulon chrysopterum (Linnaeus, 1766) · unaccepted
Labrus fulvomaculatus Mitchill, 1815 · unaccepted
Labrus fulvo-maculatus Mitchill, 1815 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Orthopristis chrysopterus (Linnaeus, 1766) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Orthopristis duplex Girard, 1858 · unaccepted
Orthopristis fulvomaculatus (Mitchill, 1815) · unaccepted
Orthopristis poeyi Scudder, 1868 · unaccepted (synonym)
Perca chrysoptera Linnaeus, 1766 · unaccepted
Pomadasys fulvomaculatus (Mitchill, 1815) · unaccepted
Pristipoma fasciatum Cuvier, 1830 · unaccepted
Pristipoma fulvomaculatum (Mitchill, 1815) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Perca chrysoptera 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] 
Distribution Western Atlantic: New York, USA and Bermuda to Mexico.
Distribution Western Atlantic: New York, USA and Bermuda to Mexico. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Orthopristis chrysoptera (Linnaeus, 1766). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158810 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Labrus fulvomaculatus Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6.
page(s): 406 [details]
original description (of Perca chrysoptera 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]
original description (of Orthopristis duplex Girard, 1858) Girard, C. F. (1859). Ichthyology of the boundary. <em>In: United States and Mexican boundary survey, under the order of Lieut. Col. W. H. Emory, Major First Cavalry and United States commissioner.</em> v. 2 (pt 2): 1-85, Fishes Pls. 1-41. [details]
original description (of Pristipoma fasciatum 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): 285 [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]
page(s): 406 [details]
original description (of Perca chrysoptera 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]
original description (of Orthopristis duplex Girard, 1858) Girard, C. F. (1859). Ichthyology of the boundary. <em>In: United States and Mexican boundary survey, under the order of Lieut. Col. W. H. Emory, Major First Cavalry and United States commissioner.</em> v. 2 (pt 2): 1-85, Fishes Pls. 1-41. [details]
original description (of Pristipoma fasciatum 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): 285 [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]
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 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 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: New York, USA and Bermuda to Mexico. [details]Habitat benthic [details]
To Barcode of Life (43 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Pristipoma fulvomaculatum (Mitchill, 1815))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Orthopristis fulvomaculatus (Mitchill, 1815))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Orthopristis poeyi Scudder, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Labrus fulvomaculatus Mitchill, 1815)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Orthopristis duplex Girard, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Pomadasys fulvomaculatus (Mitchill, 1815))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Pristipoma fasciatum Cuvier, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Perca chrysoptera Linnaeus, 1766)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (93 publications) (from synonym Orthopristis chrysopterus (Linnaeus, 1766))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Orthopristis chrysoptera)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Orthopristis poeyi Scudder, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Perca chrysoptera Linnaeus, 1766)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus fulvomaculatus Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomadasys fulvomaculatus (Mitchill, 1815))
To Fishbase (from synonym Haemulon chrysopterum (Linnaeus, 1766))
To FishBase (from synonym Orthopristis duplex Girard, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristipoma fulvomaculatum (Mitchill, 1815))
To FishBase (from synonym Orthopristis chrysopterus (Linnaeus, 1766))
To FishBase (from synonym Orthopristis fulvomaculatus (Mitchill, 1815))
To FishBase (from synonym Pristipoma fasciatum Cuvier, 1830)
To FishBase images (Orthopristis chrysoptera, by Flescher, D.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (91 nucleotides; 91 proteins)
To GenBank (91 nucleotides; 91 proteins) (from synonym Perca chrysoptera Linnaeus, 1766)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Pristipoma fulvomaculatum (Mitchill, 1815))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Orthopristis fulvomaculatus (Mitchill, 1815))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Orthopristis poeyi Scudder, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Labrus fulvomaculatus Mitchill, 1815)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Orthopristis duplex Girard, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Pomadasys fulvomaculatus (Mitchill, 1815))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Pristipoma fasciatum Cuvier, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Perca chrysoptera Linnaeus, 1766)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (93 publications) (from synonym Orthopristis chrysopterus (Linnaeus, 1766))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Orthopristis chrysoptera)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Orthopristis poeyi Scudder, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Perca chrysoptera Linnaeus, 1766)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus fulvomaculatus Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomadasys fulvomaculatus (Mitchill, 1815))
To Fishbase (from synonym Haemulon chrysopterum (Linnaeus, 1766))
To FishBase (from synonym Orthopristis duplex Girard, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristipoma fulvomaculatum (Mitchill, 1815))
To FishBase (from synonym Orthopristis chrysopterus (Linnaeus, 1766))
To FishBase (from synonym Orthopristis fulvomaculatus (Mitchill, 1815))
To FishBase (from synonym Pristipoma fasciatum Cuvier, 1830)
To FishBase images (Orthopristis chrysoptera, by Flescher, D.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (91 nucleotides; 91 proteins)
To GenBank (91 nucleotides; 91 proteins) (from synonym Perca chrysoptera Linnaeus, 1766)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
