WoRMS name details
Semicossyphus pulcher (Ayres, 1854)
282753 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282753)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Labrus pulcher Ayres, 1854 · unaccepted
Pimelometopon pulcher (Ayres, 1854) · unaccepted
Pimelometopon pulchrum (Ayres, 1854) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Labrus pulcher Ayres, 1854) Ayres, W. O. (1854). [Description of new fishes from California.]. (Minutes of Academy meetings were printed in "The Pacific" (a newspaper) shortly after each meeting. New species date to publication in The Pacific. Dates of publication are given in each species account). The Pacific [newspaper] v. 3 and 4 (thru no. 6). [Also as Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci. v. 1: nos. 3-22. Reprinted in 2nd ed. of Academy's Proceedings, 1873.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Semicossyphus pulcher (Ayres, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282753 on 2025-03-31
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Labrus pulcher Ayres, 1854) Ayres, W. O. (1854). [Description of new fishes from California.]. (Minutes of Academy meetings were printed in "The Pacific" (a newspaper) shortly after each meeting. New species date to publication in The Pacific. Dates of publication are given in each species account). The Pacific [newspaper] v. 3 and 4 (thru no. 6). [Also as Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci. v. 1: nos. 3-22. Reprinted in 2nd ed. of Academy's Proceedings, 1873.]. [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
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]





To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Labrus pulcher Ayres, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) (from synonym Pimelometopon pulcher (Ayres, 1854))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Semicossyphus pulcher)
To Fishbase (from synonym Pimelometopon pulchrum (Ayres, 1854))
To FishBase (from synonym Pimelometopon pulcher (Ayres, 1854))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus pulcher Ayres, 1854)
To FishBase images (Semicossyphus pulcher, by Gotshall, D.W.)
To GenBank (13421 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To GenBank (13421 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Labrus pulcher Ayres, 1854)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Semicossyphus pulcher RAD107329-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Labrus pulcher Ayres, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) (from synonym Pimelometopon pulcher (Ayres, 1854))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Semicossyphus pulcher)
To Fishbase (from synonym Pimelometopon pulchrum (Ayres, 1854))
To FishBase (from synonym Pimelometopon pulcher (Ayres, 1854))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus pulcher Ayres, 1854)
To FishBase images (Semicossyphus pulcher, by Gotshall, D.W.)
To GenBank (13421 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To GenBank (13421 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Labrus pulcher Ayres, 1854)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Semicossyphus pulcher RAD107329-001)
To ITIS