WoRMS name details
Hoplostethus mediterraneus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829
159409 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159409)
unaccepted
Subspecies
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. <em>Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée.</em> 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis. [details]
Distribution Western North Atlantic: Georges Bank to northern Gulf of Mexico, Greater Antilles, and Venezuela to southern Brazil
Distribution Western North Atlantic: Georges Bank to northern Gulf of Mexico, Greater Antilles, and Venezuela to southern Brazil [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hoplostethus mediterraneus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159409 on 2025-02-09
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(of Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. <em>Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée.</em> 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis. [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [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]
basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [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 North Atlantic: Georges Bank to northern Gulf of Mexico, Greater Antilles, and Venezuela to southern Brazil [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Found at dephts of 100- 1175 m, over muddy bottoms. [details]
Reproduction Spawns May to October [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | Middellandse-Zeedorie | [details] |
| English | rosy soldierfishMediterranean slimehead | [details] |
| French | hoplostète argenté | [details] |
| German | Mittelmeer-Sägebauch | [details] |
