WoRMS taxon details
Priacanthus blochii Bleeker, 1853
218361 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218361)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bleeker, P. (1853). Diagnostische beschrijvingen van nieuwe of weinig bekende vischsoorten van Batavia. Tiental I-VI. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 4 (no. 3): 451-516. [details]
Description Apparently prefers reef areas and is rarely trawled. Females collected from the Seychelles in March appeared to be nearing...
Description Apparently prefers reef areas and is rarely trawled. Females collected from the Seychelles in March appeared to be nearing spawning based on condition of the gonads. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Priacanthus blochii Bleeker, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218361 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Bleeker, P. (1853). Diagnostische beschrijvingen van nieuwe of weinig bekende vischsoorten van Batavia. Tiental I-VI. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 4 (no. 3): 451-516. [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] 
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Unreviewed
Description Apparently prefers reef areas and is rarely trawled. Females collected from the Seychelles in March appeared to be nearing spawning based on condition of the gonads. [details]
To Barcode of Life (31 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Priacanthus blochii)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Priacanthus blochii, American Samoa, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 16 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Priacanthus blochii FIN032685 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Priacanthus blochii USNM 403302 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Priacanthus blochii)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Priacanthus blochii, American Samoa, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 16 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Priacanthus blochii FIN032685 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Priacanthus blochii USNM 403302 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS