WoRMS taxon details
Calamus calamus (Valenciennes, 1830)
159242 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159242)
accepted
Species
Pagellus calamus Valenciennes, 1830 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pagellus calamus Valenciennes, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA and Bermuda to Brazil.
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA and Bermuda to Brazil. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Calamus calamus (Valenciennes, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159242 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pagellus calamus Valenciennes, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [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]
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]





Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA and Bermuda to Brazil. [details]
Language | Name | |
---|---|---|
English | whitebone porgysaucereye porgy | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) (from synonym Pagellus calamus Valenciennes, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (87 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Calamus calamus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pagellus calamus Valenciennes, 1830)
To FishBase images (Calamus calamus, Bahamas, by Johnson, L.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 35 proteins)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 35 proteins) (from synonym Pagellus calamus Valenciennes, 1830)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) (from synonym Pagellus calamus Valenciennes, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (87 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Calamus calamus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pagellus calamus Valenciennes, 1830)
To FishBase images (Calamus calamus, Bahamas, by Johnson, L.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 35 proteins)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 35 proteins) (from synonym Pagellus calamus Valenciennes, 1830)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS