WoRMS taxon details
Aphareus rutilans Cuvier, 1830
218468 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218468)
accepted
Species
Aphareus rutlans Cuvier, 1830 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Aphareus thompsoni Fowler, 1923 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [details]
Description Inhabits reefs and rocky bottom areas to depths of at least 100 m. Feeds on fish, squid and crustaceans (Ref. 4887)....
Description Inhabits reefs and rocky bottom areas to depths of at least 100 m. Feeds on fish, squid and crustaceans (Ref. 4887). Marketed fresh. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Aphareus rutilans Cuvier, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218468 on 2025-06-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [details]
original description (of Aphareus thompsoni Fowler, 1923) Fowler, H. W. (1923). New or little-known Hawaiian fishes. <em>Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History.</em> 8 (7): 373-392. [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]
original description (of Aphareus thompsoni Fowler, 1923) Fowler, H. W. (1923). New or little-known Hawaiian fishes. <em>Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History.</em> 8 (7): 373-392. [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] 
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits reefs and rocky bottom areas to depths of at least 100 m. Feeds on fish, squid and crustaceans (Ref. 4887). Marketed fresh. [details]
To Barcode of Life (32 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Aphareus thompsoni Fowler, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aphareus rutilans)
To FishBase (from synonym Aphareus rutlans Cuvier, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Aphareus thompsoni Fowler, 1923)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Aphareus rutilans, Maldives, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 68 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aphareus rutilans FIN030617 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aphareus rutilans USNM 403193 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Aphareus thompsoni Fowler, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aphareus rutilans)
To FishBase (from synonym Aphareus rutlans Cuvier, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Aphareus thompsoni Fowler, 1923)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Aphareus rutilans, Maldives, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 68 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aphareus rutilans FIN030617 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aphareus rutilans USNM 403193 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
