WoRMS taxon details
Caracanthus unipinna (Gray, 1831)
220365 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220365)
accepted
Species
Caracanthus unipinnis (Gray, 1831) · unaccepted
Caracanthus unipinnus (Gray, 1831) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Centropus staurophorus Kner, 1860 · unaccepted
Micropus longipinnis Jatzow & Lenz, 1898 · unaccepted
Micropus unipinna Gray, 1831 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Micropus unipinna Gray, 1831) Gray, J. E. (1831). Description of a new genus of percoid fish, discovered by Mr. Samuel Stutchbury, in the Pacific sea, and now in the British Museum. <em>Zoological Miscellany.</em> [No. 1]: 20. [details]
Description Among branches of @Stylophora mordax@ and certain @Acropora@ corals (Ref. 9710).
Description Among branches of @Stylophora mordax@ and certain @Acropora@ corals (Ref. 9710). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Caracanthus unipinna (Gray, 1831). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220365 on 2025-10-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Centropus staurophorus Kner, 1860) Kner, R. (1860). Über einige noch unbeschriebene Fische. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 39 (no. 4): 531-546, Pl. [Also as a separate, pp. 3-18.]. [details]
original description (of Micropus unipinna Gray, 1831) Gray, J. E. (1831). Description of a new genus of percoid fish, discovered by Mr. Samuel Stutchbury, in the Pacific sea, and now in the British Museum. <em>Zoological Miscellany.</em> [No. 1]: 20. [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 Micropus unipinna Gray, 1831) Gray, J. E. (1831). Description of a new genus of percoid fish, discovered by Mr. Samuel Stutchbury, in the Pacific sea, and now in the British Museum. <em>Zoological Miscellany.</em> [No. 1]: 20. [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 Among branches of @Stylophora mordax@ and certain @Acropora@ corals (Ref. 9710). [details]Spelling Spelled C. unipinnus in <130> [details]
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Micropus longipinnis Jatzow & Lenz, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Micropus unipinna Gray, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Caracanthus unipinnus (Gray, 1831))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Centropus staurophorus Kner, 1860)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Micropus unipinna Gray, 1831)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caracanthus unipinna)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Micropus unipinna Gray, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Micropus longipinnis Jatzow & Lenz, 1898)
To FishBase (from synonym Caracanthus unipinnis (Gray, 1831))
To FishBase (from synonym Centropus staurophorus Kner, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Caracanthus unipinnus (Gray, 1831))
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 22 proteins) (from synonym Caracanthus unipinnus (Gray, 1831))
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 22 proteins) (from synonym Micropus unipinna Gray, 1831)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caracanthus unipinna FIN027431 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caracanthus unipinna USNM 324416 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Micropus longipinnis Jatzow & Lenz, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Micropus unipinna Gray, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Caracanthus unipinnus (Gray, 1831))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Centropus staurophorus Kner, 1860)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Micropus unipinna Gray, 1831)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caracanthus unipinna)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Micropus unipinna Gray, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Micropus longipinnis Jatzow & Lenz, 1898)
To FishBase (from synonym Caracanthus unipinnis (Gray, 1831))
To FishBase (from synonym Centropus staurophorus Kner, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Caracanthus unipinnus (Gray, 1831))
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 22 proteins) (from synonym Caracanthus unipinnus (Gray, 1831))
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 22 proteins) (from synonym Micropus unipinna Gray, 1831)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caracanthus unipinna FIN027431 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caracanthus unipinna USNM 324416 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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