WoRMS taxon details
Chrysoblephus puniceus (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
218600 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218600)
accepted
Species
Chrysophrys puniceus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chrysophrys puniceus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) Gilchrist, J. D. F.; Thompson, W. W. (1908). Descriptions of fishes from the coast of Natal. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> v. 6 (pt 2): 145-206. [details]
Description Inhabits coastal waters over rocky substrate. Feeds on molluscs, crustaceans, worms, and small fishes (Ref. 5213). An...
Description Inhabits coastal waters over rocky substrate. Feeds on molluscs, crustaceans, worms, and small fishes (Ref. 5213). An important food fish off Natal and southern Mozambique. Sold fresh in markets. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Chrysoblephus puniceus (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218600 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chrysophrys puniceus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) Gilchrist, J. D. F.; Thompson, W. W. (1908). Descriptions of fishes from the coast of Natal. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> v. 6 (pt 2): 145-206. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits coastal waters over rocky substrate. Feeds on molluscs, crustaceans, worms, and small fishes (Ref. 5213). An important food fish off Natal and southern Mozambique. Sold fresh in markets. [details]Remark Date Eschmeyer, pers. comm. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | slinger seabream | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (42 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Chrysophrys puniceus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chrysoblephus puniceus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysophrys puniceus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
To GenBank (214 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To GenBank (214 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Chrysophrys puniceus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chrysoblephus puniceus FIN034374 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Chrysophrys puniceus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chrysoblephus puniceus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysophrys puniceus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
To GenBank (214 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To GenBank (214 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Chrysophrys puniceus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chrysoblephus puniceus FIN034374 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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