WoRMS taxon details
Prionotus tribulus Cuvier, 1829
159577 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159577)
accepted
Species
Prionotus tribulus crassiceps Ginsburg, 1950 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Subspecies Prionotus tribulus crassiceps Ginsburg, 1950 accepted as Prionotus tribulus Cuvier, 1829 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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 Atlantic: Chesapeake Bay to northern Florida and Gulf of Mexico from southern Florida to Texas, occasionally...
Distribution Western Atlantic: Chesapeake Bay to northern Florida and Gulf of Mexico from southern Florida to Texas, occasionally rounding Cape Sable to southeastern Florida in USA [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Prionotus tribulus Cuvier, 1829. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159577 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
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 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
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 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: Chesapeake Bay to northern Florida and Gulf of Mexico from southern Florida to Texas, occasionally rounding Cape Sable to southeastern Florida in USA [details]Habitat benthic [details]
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Prionotus tribulus crassiceps Ginsburg, 1950)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (83 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prionotus tribulus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Prionotus tribulus crassiceps Ginsburg, 1950)
To FishBase images (Prionotus tribulus, by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Prionotus tribulus crassiceps Ginsburg, 1950)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (83 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prionotus tribulus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Prionotus tribulus crassiceps Ginsburg, 1950)
To FishBase images (Prionotus tribulus, by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
