WoRMS taxon details
Acantharchus pomotis (Baird, 1855)
293694 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:293694)
accepted
Species
Acanthardus pomotis (Baird, 1855) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Centrarchus pomotis Baird, 1855 · unaccepted (Basionym)
(of Centrarchus pomotis Baird, 1855) Baird, S. F. (1855). Report on the fishes observed on the coasts of New Jersey and Long Island during the summer of 1854. <em>Smithsonian Institution Annual Report 9 (for 1854).</em> : 317-352 + 2nd 337. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Acantharchus pomotis (Baird, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=293694 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Centrarchus pomotis Baird, 1855) Baird, S. F. (1855). Report on the fishes observed on the coasts of New Jersey and Long Island during the summer of 1854. <em>Smithsonian Institution Annual Report 9 (for 1854).</em> : 317-352 + 2nd 337. [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [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] 
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | mud sunfish | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Centrarchus pomotis Baird, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (80 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acantharchus pomotis)
To Fishbase (from synonym Centrarchus pomotis Baird, 1855)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (74 nucleotides; 67 proteins) (from synonym Centrarchus pomotis Baird, 1855)
To GenBank (74 nucleotides; 67 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acantharchus pomotis P00076 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Centrarchus pomotis Baird, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (80 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acantharchus pomotis)
To Fishbase (from synonym Centrarchus pomotis Baird, 1855)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (74 nucleotides; 67 proteins) (from synonym Centrarchus pomotis Baird, 1855)
To GenBank (74 nucleotides; 67 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acantharchus pomotis P00076 illustration)
To ITIS