WoRMS taxon details
Hemicaranx zelotes Gilbert, 1898
276354 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276354)
accepted
Species
Hemicaranx sechurae Hildebrand, 1946 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Jordan, D. S.; Evermann, B. W. (1898). The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part II. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 47: i-xxx + 1241-2183., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.39717 [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Hemicaranx zelotes Gilbert, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276354 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Jordan, D. S.; Evermann, B. W. (1898). The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part II. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 47: i-xxx + 1241-2183., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.39717 [details] 
original description (of Hemicaranx sechurae Hildebrand, 1946) Hildebrand, S. F. (1946). A descriptive catalog of the shore fishes of Peru. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 189: i-xi + 1-530., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/10117 [details]
original description (of Hemicaranx sechurae Hildebrand, 1946) Hildebrand, S. F. (1946). A descriptive catalog of the shore fishes of Peru. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 189: i-xi + 1-530., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/10117 [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 (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [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
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hemicaranx sechurae Hildebrand, 1946)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hemicaranx zelotes)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Hemicaranx sechurae Hildebrand, 1946)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hemicaranx sechura P12256 illustration) (from synonym Hemicaranx sechurae Hildebrand, 1946)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hemicaranx zelotes RAD117276-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hemicaranx zelotes RAD117276-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hemicaranx sechurae Hildebrand, 1946)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hemicaranx zelotes)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Hemicaranx sechurae Hildebrand, 1946)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hemicaranx sechura P12256 illustration) (from synonym Hemicaranx sechurae Hildebrand, 1946)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hemicaranx zelotes RAD117276-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hemicaranx zelotes RAD117276-001)
To ITIS
Unreviewed