WoRMS taxon details
Acanthistius brasilianus (Cuvier, 1828)
278720 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:278720)
accepted
Species
Plectropoma brasilianum Cuvier, 1828 · unaccepted
Plectropoma patachonica Jenyns, 1840 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Plectropoma brasilianum Cuvier, 1828) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7339
page(s): 397 [details]
page(s): 397 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Acanthistius brasilianus (Cuvier, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278720 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Plectropoma brasilianum Cuvier, 1828) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7339
page(s): 397 [details]
original description (of Plectropoma patachonica Jenyns, 1840) Jenyns, L. (1840-1842). Fish. <em>In: The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R. N., during the years 1832 to 1836.</em> London: Smith, Elder, and Co. Issued in 4 parts. i-xvi + 1-172, Pls. 1-29., available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2344 [details]
page(s): 397 [details]
original description (of Plectropoma patachonica Jenyns, 1840) Jenyns, L. (1840-1842). Fish. <em>In: The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R. N., during the years 1832 to 1836.</em> London: Smith, Elder, and Co. Issued in 4 parts. i-xvi + 1-172, Pls. 1-29., available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2344 [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
context source (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Argentine seabass | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Plectropoma patachonica Jenyns, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Plectropoma brasilianum Cuvier, 1828)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthistius brasilianus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Plectropoma brasilianum Cuvier, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Plectropoma patachonica Jenyns, 1840)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Plectropoma brasilianum Cuvier, 1828)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Plectropoma patachonica Jenyns, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Plectropoma brasilianum Cuvier, 1828)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthistius brasilianus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Plectropoma brasilianum Cuvier, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Plectropoma patachonica Jenyns, 1840)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Plectropoma brasilianum Cuvier, 1828)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
