WoRMS taxon details
Centropomus ensiferus Poey, 1860
280060 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280060)
accepted
Species
Centropomus affinis Steindachner, 1864 · unaccepted
Centropomus enciferus Poey, 1860 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Poey, F. (1858-1861). Memorias sobra la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompañadas de sumarios Latinos y extractos en Francés. 2: 1-96 (1858), 97-336 (1860), 337-442 (1861), pls. 1-19; La Habana ["1856-1858"]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2513061 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Centropomus ensiferus Poey, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280060 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Poey, F. (1858-1861). Memorias sobra la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompañadas de sumarios Latinos y extractos en Francés. 2: 1-96 (1858), 97-336 (1860), 337-442 (1861), pls. 1-19; La Habana ["1856-1858"]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2513061 [details]
original description (of Centropomus affinis Steindachner, 1864) Steindachner, F. (1864). Ichthyologische Notizen. <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe.</em> v. 1 (no. 5): 37-38. [details]
original description (of Centropomus affinis Steindachner, 1864) Steindachner, F. (1864). Ichthyologische Notizen. <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe.</em> v. 1 (no. 5): 37-38. [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]
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 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 (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Centropomus ensiferus)
To FishBase (from synonym Centropomus enciferus Poey, 1860)
To Fishbase (from synonym Centropomus affinis Steindachner, 1864)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Centropomus ensiferus, Mexico, by Perusquía, E.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (70 nucleotides; 61 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Centropomus ensiferus)
To FishBase (from synonym Centropomus enciferus Poey, 1860)
To Fishbase (from synonym Centropomus affinis Steindachner, 1864)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Centropomus ensiferus, Mexico, by Perusquía, E.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (70 nucleotides; 61 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
