WoRMS taxon details
Haemulon melanurum (Linnaeus, 1758)
275730 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275730)
accepted
Species
Haemulon melanura (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Perca melanura Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Perca melanura Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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[request]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Haemulon melanurum (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275730 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Perca melanura Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]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 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]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Perca melanura Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Haemulon melanurum)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Perca melanura Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Haemulon melanura (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase images (Haemulon melanurum, Bahamas, by Johnson, L.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 27 proteins) (from synonym Perca melanura Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Haemulon melanurum USNM 413170 lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Haemulon melanurum USNM 413171 lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Perca melanura Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Haemulon melanurum)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Perca melanura Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Haemulon melanura (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase images (Haemulon melanurum, Bahamas, by Johnson, L.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 27 proteins) (from synonym Perca melanura Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Haemulon melanurum USNM 413170 lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Haemulon melanurum USNM 413171 lateral view)
To ITIS
