WoRMS taxon details
Upeneus taeniopterus Cuvier, 1829
218685 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218685)
accepted
Species
Upeneus arge Jordan & Evermann, 1903 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome troisième. Suite du Livre troisième. Des percoïdes à dorsale unique à sept rayons branchiaux et à dents en velours ou en cardes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 3: i-xxviii + 2 pp. + 1-500, Pls. 41-71. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xxii + 1-368 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
Description Inhabits sheltered, often turbid inshore waters over sand or mud substrates. Found near corals (Ref. 5213). Reported to...
Description Inhabits sheltered, often turbid inshore waters over sand or mud substrates. Found near corals (Ref. 5213). Reported to cause hallucinations when eaten (Ref. 4690). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Upeneus taeniopterus Cuvier, 1829. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218685 on 2025-03-27
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Nomenclature
original description
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome troisième. Suite du Livre troisième. Des percoïdes à dorsale unique à sept rayons branchiaux et à dents en velours ou en cardes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 3: i-xxviii + 2 pp. + 1-500, Pls. 41-71. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xxii + 1-368 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
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]
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]
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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits sheltered, often turbid inshore waters over sand or mud substrates. Found near corals (Ref. 5213). Reported to cause hallucinations when eaten (Ref. 4690). [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Upeneus arge Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Upeneus arge Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Upeneus taeniopterus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Upeneus arge Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To FishBase images (Upeneus arge, Hawaii, by Randall, J.E.) (from synonym Upeneus arge Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Upeneus arge USNM 50667 type photograph caudal fin lateral view) (from synonym Upeneus arge Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Upeneus taeniopterus RAD111044-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Upeneus taeniopterus RAD111047-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Upeneus arge Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Upeneus arge Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Upeneus taeniopterus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Upeneus arge Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To FishBase images (Upeneus arge, Hawaii, by Randall, J.E.) (from synonym Upeneus arge Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Upeneus arge USNM 50667 type photograph caudal fin lateral view) (from synonym Upeneus arge Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Upeneus taeniopterus RAD111044-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Upeneus taeniopterus RAD111047-001)
To ITIS
