WoRMS taxon details
Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1766)
159483 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159483)
accepted
Species
Chloroscombrus caribbaeus Girard, 1858 · unaccepted
Chloroscombrus ectenurus Jordan & Osgood, 1897 · unaccepted
Chloroscombrus hesperius Fowler, 1906 · unaccepted
Micropterus chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1766) · unaccepted
Micropteryx chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1766) · unaccepted
Micropteryx cosmopolita (Cuvier, 1829) · unaccepted
Scomber chloris Bloch, 1793 · unaccepted
Scomber chrysurus Linnaeus, 1766 · unaccepted
Seriola cosmopolita Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scomber chrysurus Linnaeus, 1766) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts to Florida, USA and Bermuda to Uruguay; throughout Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts to Florida, USA and Bermuda to Uruguay; throughout Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1766). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159483 on 2026-01-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scomber chloris Bloch, 1793) Bloch, M. E. (1793). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 7: i-xiv + 1-144, Pls. 325-360. [Also a French edition, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons, v. 10, published 1797.].
page(s): 67, Pl. 339 [details]
original description (of Scomber chrysurus Linnaeus, 1766) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]
original description (of Seriola cosmopolita Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 206 [details]
original description (of Chloroscombrus caribbaeus Girard, 1858) Girard, C. F. (1859). Ichthyology of the boundary. <em>In: United States and Mexican boundary survey, under the order of Lieut. Col. W. H. Emory, Major First Cavalry and United States commissioner.</em> v. 2 (pt 2): 1-85, Fishes Pls. 1-41. [details]
original description (of Chloroscombrus ectenurus Jordan & Osgood, 1897) Jordan, D. S.; Rutter, C. L. (1897). A collection of fishes made by Joseph Seed Roberts in Kingston, Jamaica. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 49: 91-133. [details]
original description (of Chloroscombrus hesperius Fowler, 1906) Fowler, H. W. (1906). New, rare or little known scombroids, No. 3. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 58: 114-122. [details]
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]
page(s): 67, Pl. 339 [details]
original description (of Scomber chrysurus Linnaeus, 1766) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]
original description (of Seriola cosmopolita Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 206 [details]
original description (of Chloroscombrus caribbaeus Girard, 1858) Girard, C. F. (1859). Ichthyology of the boundary. <em>In: United States and Mexican boundary survey, under the order of Lieut. Col. W. H. Emory, Major First Cavalry and United States commissioner.</em> v. 2 (pt 2): 1-85, Fishes Pls. 1-41. [details]
original description (of Chloroscombrus ectenurus Jordan & Osgood, 1897) Jordan, D. S.; Rutter, C. L. (1897). A collection of fishes made by Joseph Seed Roberts in Kingston, Jamaica. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 49: 91-133. [details]
original description (of Chloroscombrus hesperius Fowler, 1906) Fowler, H. W. (1906). New, rare or little known scombroids, No. 3. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 58: 114-122. [details]
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
context source (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [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). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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). (2025). 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: Massachusetts to Florida, USA and Bermuda to Uruguay; throughout Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
To Barcode of Life (53 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Micropterus chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1766))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Micropteryx cosmopolita (Cuvier, 1829))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Chloroscombrus hesperius Fowler, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Scomber chrysurus Linnaeus, 1766)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Micropteryx chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1766))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Scomber chloris Bloch, 1793)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Chloroscombrus ectenurus Jordan & Osgood, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications) (from synonym Seriola cosmopolita Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Chloroscombrus caribbaeus Girard, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (90 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chloroscombrus chrysurus)
To FishBase (from synonym Seriola cosmopolita Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber chloris Bloch, 1793)
To FishBase (from synonym Chloroscombrus hesperius Fowler, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Chloroscombrus caribbaeus Girard, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Chloroscombrus ectenurus Jordan & Osgood, 1897)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber chrysurus Linnaeus, 1766)
To FishBase (from synonym Micropterus chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1766))
To FishBase (from synonym Micropteryx cosmopolita (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Micropteryx chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1766))
To FishBase
To FishSounds
To GenBank (64 nucleotides; 73 proteins)
To GenBank (64 nucleotides; 73 proteins) (from synonym Scomber chrysurus Linnaeus, 1766)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chloroscombrus chrysurus RAD116599-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chloroscombrus chrysurus RAD116599-002)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Micropterus chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1766))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Micropteryx cosmopolita (Cuvier, 1829))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Chloroscombrus hesperius Fowler, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Scomber chrysurus Linnaeus, 1766)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Micropteryx chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1766))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Scomber chloris Bloch, 1793)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Chloroscombrus ectenurus Jordan & Osgood, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications) (from synonym Seriola cosmopolita Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Chloroscombrus caribbaeus Girard, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (90 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chloroscombrus chrysurus)
To FishBase (from synonym Seriola cosmopolita Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber chloris Bloch, 1793)
To FishBase (from synonym Chloroscombrus hesperius Fowler, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Chloroscombrus caribbaeus Girard, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Chloroscombrus ectenurus Jordan & Osgood, 1897)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber chrysurus Linnaeus, 1766)
To FishBase (from synonym Micropterus chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1766))
To FishBase (from synonym Micropteryx cosmopolita (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Micropteryx chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1766))
To FishBase
To FishSounds
To GenBank (64 nucleotides; 73 proteins)
To GenBank (64 nucleotides; 73 proteins) (from synonym Scomber chrysurus Linnaeus, 1766)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chloroscombrus chrysurus RAD116599-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chloroscombrus chrysurus RAD116599-002)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
