WoRMS taxon details
Centropristis philadelphica (Linnaeus, 1758)
159347 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159347)
accepted
Species
Perca philadelphica Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Perca philadelphica Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina to Palm Beach in Florida and northern Gulf of Mexico in the USA
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina to Palm Beach in Florida and northern Gulf of Mexico in the USA [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Centropristis philadelphica (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159347 on 2026-05-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Perca philadelphica Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
[request]basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [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
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). (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
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina to Palm Beach in Florida and northern Gulf of Mexico in the USA [details]Habitat benthic [details]
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Perca philadelphica Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Centropristis philadelphica)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Perca philadelphica Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Perca philadelphica Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Centropristes philadelphicus P02450 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Perca philadelphica Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Centropristis philadelphica)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Perca philadelphica Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Perca philadelphica Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Centropristes philadelphicus P02450 illustration)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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