WoRMS taxon details
Ctenosciaena gracilicirrhus (Metzelaar, 1919)
280456 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280456)
accepted
Species
Sciaena dubia Fowler & Bean, 1923 · unaccepted (synonym)
Umbrina gracilicirrhus Metzelaar, 1919 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Umbrina gracilicirrhus Metzelaar, 1919) Metzelaar, J. (1919). Report on the fishes, collected by Dr. J. Boeke in the Dutch West Indies 1904-1905, with comparative notes on marine fishes of tropical West Africa. <em>F. J. Belanfante, 's-Gravenhage.</em> 1-314. [Reprinted, A., Asher, Amsterdam, 1967. Also as: Over tropisch Atlantische visschen. A. H. Kruyt, Amsterdam, 1919 (Dutch edition).]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Ctenosciaena gracilicirrhus (Metzelaar, 1919). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280456 on 2026-07-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Sciaena dubia Fowler & Bean, 1923) Fowler, H. W.; Bean, B. A. (1923). Descriptions of eighteen new species of fishes from the Wilkes Exploring Expedition, preserved in the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 63 (no. 2488): 1-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.63-2488.1 [details] 
original description (of Umbrina gracilicirrhus Metzelaar, 1919) Metzelaar, J. (1919). Report on the fishes, collected by Dr. J. Boeke in the Dutch West Indies 1904-1905, with comparative notes on marine fishes of tropical West Africa. <em>F. J. Belanfante, 's-Gravenhage.</em> 1-314. [Reprinted, A., Asher, Amsterdam, 1967. Also as: Over tropisch Atlantische visschen. A. H. Kruyt, Amsterdam, 1919 (Dutch edition).]. [details]
original description (of Umbrina gracilicirrhus Metzelaar, 1919) Metzelaar, J. (1919). Report on the fishes, collected by Dr. J. Boeke in the Dutch West Indies 1904-1905, with comparative notes on marine fishes of tropical West Africa. <em>F. J. Belanfante, 's-Gravenhage.</em> 1-314. [Reprinted, A., Asher, Amsterdam, 1967. Also as: Over tropisch Atlantische visschen. A. H. Kruyt, Amsterdam, 1919 (Dutch edition).]. [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
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
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Sciaena dubia Fowler & Bean, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Umbrina gracilicirrhus Metzelaar, 1919)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ctenosciaena gracilicirrhus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sciaena dubia Fowler & Bean, 1923)
To FishBase (from synonym Umbrina gracilicirrhus Metzelaar, 1919)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Umbrina gracilicirrhus Metzelaar, 1919)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Sciaena dubia Fowler & Bean, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Umbrina gracilicirrhus Metzelaar, 1919)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ctenosciaena gracilicirrhus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sciaena dubia Fowler & Bean, 1923)
To FishBase (from synonym Umbrina gracilicirrhus Metzelaar, 1919)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Umbrina gracilicirrhus Metzelaar, 1919)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
