WoRMS taxon details
Aluterus schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792)
159490 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159490)
accepted
Species
Alutera aurantiacus (Mitchill, 1815) · unaccepted
Alutera punctata Agassiz, 1831 · unaccepted
Alutera schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792) · unaccepted
Aluteres cuspicauda (Mitchill, 1818) · unaccepted
Aluterus cultrifrons Hollard, 1855 · unaccepted
Aluterus holbroocki Hollard, 1855 · unaccepted
Aluterus punctatus (Agassiz, 1831) · unaccepted
Aluterus schoepfi (Walbaum, 1792) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Aluterus shoepfii (Walbaum, 1792) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Balistes aurantiacus Mitchill, 1815 · unaccepted
Balistes cuspicauda Mitchill, 1818 · unaccepted
Balistes schoepfii Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted
Ceratacanthus schoepfi (Walbaum, 1792) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Balistes schoepfii Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 461 [details]
page(s): 461 [details]
Distribution Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States, Bermuda, Bahamas, and Brazil, not uncommon in summer as far north...
Distribution Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States, Bermuda, Bahamas, and Brazil, not uncommon in summer as far north as Cape Cod; reported to Portland, Maine and Halifax Nova Scotia [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Aluterus schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159490 on 2024-04-19
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original description
(of Balistes aurantiacus Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6.
page(s): 468 [details]
original description (of Balistes cuspicauda Mitchill, 1818) Mitchill, S.L. (1818). Memoir on ichthyology. The fishes of New York... In a supplement to the Memoir. <em>Am. Monthly Mag. Crit. Rev.</em> 2: 241-248, 321-328.
page(s): 326 [details]
original description (of Balistes schoepfii Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 461 [details]
original description (of Alutera punctata Agassiz, 1831) Spix, J. B.; von; Agassiz, L. (1829-1831). Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX : jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi peracto. <em>Monachii.</em> Part 1: i-xvi + i-ii + 1-6 + 1-82, Pls. 1-48, Part 2: 83-138, Pls. 49-101. [Part 1 published June 1829, part 2 Jan. 1831., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57839229#page/1/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Eschmeyer, N.M., K.V. Rama-Rao & L.E. Hallacher (1979). Fishes of the Scorpionfish subfamily Choridactylinae from the Western Pacific and the Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Fourth Series. Vol.XLI (21): 475-500. [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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
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]
page(s): 468 [details]
original description (of Balistes cuspicauda Mitchill, 1818) Mitchill, S.L. (1818). Memoir on ichthyology. The fishes of New York... In a supplement to the Memoir. <em>Am. Monthly Mag. Crit. Rev.</em> 2: 241-248, 321-328.
page(s): 326 [details]
original description (of Balistes schoepfii Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 461 [details]
original description (of Alutera punctata Agassiz, 1831) Spix, J. B.; von; Agassiz, L. (1829-1831). Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX : jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi peracto. <em>Monachii.</em> Part 1: i-xvi + i-ii + 1-6 + 1-82, Pls. 1-48, Part 2: 83-138, Pls. 49-101. [Part 1 published June 1829, part 2 Jan. 1831., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57839229#page/1/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Eschmeyer, N.M., K.V. Rama-Rao & L.E. Hallacher (1979). Fishes of the Scorpionfish subfamily Choridactylinae from the Western Pacific and the Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Fourth Series. Vol.XLI (21): 475-500. [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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
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
From other sources
Diet Feeds on a variety of plants, including algae and seagrasses [details]Distribution Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States, Bermuda, Bahamas, and Brazil, not uncommon in summer as far north as Cape Cod; reported to Portland, Maine and Halifax Nova Scotia [details]
Habitat usually found over bottoms with seagrass, sand, or mud [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Aluterus holbroocki Hollard, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Aluterus punctatus (Agassiz, 1831))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Aluterus schoepfi (Walbaum, 1792))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Balistes cuspicauda Mitchill, 1818)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Balistes aurantiacus Mitchill, 1815)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Aluteres cuspicauda (Mitchill, 1818))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Alutera punctata Agassiz, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Aluterus cultrifrons Hollard, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications) (from synonym Alutera schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Balistes schoepfii Walbaum, 1792)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes aurantiacus Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase (from synonym Aluterus cultrifrons Hollard, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes cuspicauda Mitchill, 1818)
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes schoepfii Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Aluteres cuspicauda (Mitchill, 1818))
To FishBase (from synonym Aluterus shoepfii (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase (from synonym Aluterus schoepfi (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase (from synonym Aluterus holbroocki Hollard, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Aluterus punctatus (Agassiz, 1831))
To FishBase (from synonym Alutera schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase (from synonym Alutera aurantiacus (Mitchill, 1815))
To FishBase (from synonym Alutera punctata Agassiz, 1831)
To FishBase images (Aluterus schoepfii, Bahamas, by Johnson, L.)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Balistes schoepfii Walbaum, 1792)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Aluterus schoepfi (Walbaum, 1792))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Alutera schoepfii Silver Bay 5428 radiograph lateral view.jpg)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aluterus schoepfii FIN035153 Slide 35 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Aluterus holbroocki Hollard, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Aluterus punctatus (Agassiz, 1831))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Aluterus schoepfi (Walbaum, 1792))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Balistes cuspicauda Mitchill, 1818)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Balistes aurantiacus Mitchill, 1815)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Aluteres cuspicauda (Mitchill, 1818))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Alutera punctata Agassiz, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Aluterus cultrifrons Hollard, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications) (from synonym Alutera schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Balistes schoepfii Walbaum, 1792)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes aurantiacus Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase (from synonym Aluterus cultrifrons Hollard, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes cuspicauda Mitchill, 1818)
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes schoepfii Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Aluteres cuspicauda (Mitchill, 1818))
To FishBase (from synonym Aluterus shoepfii (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase (from synonym Aluterus schoepfi (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase (from synonym Aluterus holbroocki Hollard, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Aluterus punctatus (Agassiz, 1831))
To FishBase (from synonym Alutera schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase (from synonym Alutera aurantiacus (Mitchill, 1815))
To FishBase (from synonym Alutera punctata Agassiz, 1831)
To FishBase images (Aluterus schoepfii, Bahamas, by Johnson, L.)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Balistes schoepfii Walbaum, 1792)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Aluterus schoepfi (Walbaum, 1792))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Alutera schoepfii Silver Bay 5428 radiograph lateral view.jpg)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aluterus schoepfii FIN035153 Slide 35 mm)
To ITIS
