WoRMS taxon details
Prionotus Lacepède, 1801
Merulinus Jordan & Evermann, 1898 · unaccepted
- Species Prionotus alatus Goode & Bean, 1883
- Species Prionotus albirostris Jordan & Bollman, 1890
- Species Prionotus beanii Goode, 1896
- Species Prionotus birostratus Richardson, 1844
- Species Prionotus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1771)
- Species Prionotus evolans (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Species Prionotus horrens Richardson, 1844
- Species Prionotus longispinosus Teague, 1951
- Species Prionotus martis Ginsburg, 1950
- Species Prionotus miles Jenyns, 1840
- Species Prionotus murielae Mobray, 1928
- Species Prionotus nudigula Ginsburg, 1950
- Species Prionotus ophryas Jordan & Swain, 1885
- Species Prionotus paralatus Ginsburg, 1950
- Species Prionotus punctatus (Bloch, 1793)
- Species Prionotus roseus Jordan & Evermann, 1887
- Species Prionotus rubio Jordan, 1886
- Species Prionotus ruscarius Gilbert & Starks, 1904
- Species Prionotus scitulus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
- Species Prionotus stearnsi Jordan & Swain, 1885
- Species Prionotus stephanophrys Lockington, 1881
- Species Prionotus teaguei Briggs, 1956
- Species Prionotus tribulus Cuvier, 1829
- Species Prionotus affinis Hildebrand & Schroeder, 1928 accepted as Prionotus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1771)
- Species Prionotus alepis Alcock, 1889 accepted as Pterygotrigla hemisticta (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)
- Species Prionotus alipionis Teague & Myers, 1945 accepted as Prionotus punctatus (Bloch, 1793)
- Species Prionotus aspersus Meek & Hildebrand, 1928 accepted as Prionotus punctatus (Bloch, 1793)
- Species Prionotus beani Goode, 1896 accepted as Prionotus beanii Goode, 1896 (misspelling)
- Species Prionotus brachychir Regan, 1914 accepted as Bellator brachychir (Regan, 1914)
- Species Prionotus capella Miranda Ribeiro, 1916 accepted as Prionotus punctatus (Bloch, 1793)
- Species Prionotus egretta Goode & Bean, 1896 accepted as Bellator egretta (Goode & Bean, 1896)
- Species Prionotus grisescens Teague, 1951 accepted as Prionotus ophryas Jordan & Swain, 1885
- Species Prionotus gymnostethus Gilbert, 1892 accepted as Bellator gymnostethus (Gilbert, 1892)
- Species Prionotus jamaicensis Teague, 1951 accepted as Prionotus punctatus (Bloch, 1793)
- Species Prionotus japonicus Bleeker, 1854 accepted as Lepidotrigla japonica (Bleeker, 1854) (synonym)
- Species Prionotus loxias Jordan, 1897 accepted as Bellator loxias (Jordan, 1897)
- Species Prionotus maculatus Teague, 1951 accepted as Prionotus longispinosus Teague, 1951
- Species Prionotus microlepis Longley & Hildebrand, 1940 accepted as Prionotus roseus Jordan & Evermann, 1887
- Species Prionotus militaris Goode & Bean, 1896 accepted as Bellator militaris (Goode & Bean, 1896)
- Species Prionotus murieli Mobray, 1928 accepted as Prionotus murielae Mobray, 1928 (misspelling)
- Species Prionotus nudigla Ginsburg, 1950 accepted as Prionotus nudigula Ginsburg, 1950 (misspelling)
- Species Prionotus palmipes (Mitchill, 1815) accepted as Prionotus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1771)
- Species Prionotus pectoralis Nichols & Breder, 1924 accepted as Prionotus rubio Jordan, 1886
- Species Prionotus pileatus Storer, 1845 accepted as Prionotus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1771)
- Species Prionotus quiescens Jordan & Bollman, 1890 accepted as Prionotus stephanophrys Lockington, 1881
- Species Prionotus salmonicolor (Fowler, 1903) accepted as Prionotus rubio Jordan, 1886
- Species Prionotus sarritas Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 accepted as Prionotus evolans (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Species Prionotus sarritor Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 accepted as Prionotus evolans (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Species Prionotus stearnsii Jordan & Swain, 1885 accepted as Prionotus stearnsi Jordan & Swain, 1885 (misspelling)
- Species Prionotus strigatus (Cuvier, 1829) accepted as Prionotus evolans (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Species Prionotus trinitatis Goode & Bean, 1896 accepted as Prionotus beanii Goode, 1896
- Species Prionotus vanderbilti Teague, 1951 accepted as Prionotus rubio Jordan, 1886
- Species Prionotus xenisma Jordan & Bollman, 1890 accepted as Bellator xenisma (Jordan & Bollman, 1890)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Prionotus Lacepède, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159569 on 2025-03-31
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]



