WoRMS taxon details
Hoplolatilus fronticinctus (Günther, 1887)
218376 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218376)
accepted
Species
Latilus fronticinctus Günther, 1887 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Latilus fronticinctus Günther, 1887) Günther, A. (1887). Descriptions of two new species of fishes from Mauritius. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1887 (pt 3) (art. 8) (for 23 June 1887): 550-551, Pls. 48-49., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1887.tb03016.x [details]
Description A rare species that schools above huge mounds of rubble that it apparently builds (up to 5.5 m long x 3 m wide over 1 m high).
Description A rare species that schools above huge mounds of rubble that it apparently builds (up to 5.5 m long x 3 m wide over 1 m high). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Hoplolatilus fronticinctus (Günther, 1887). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218376 on 2026-06-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Latilus fronticinctus Günther, 1887) Günther, A. (1887). Descriptions of two new species of fishes from Mauritius. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1887 (pt 3) (art. 8) (for 23 June 1887): 550-551, Pls. 48-49., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1887.tb03016.x [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] 
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description A rare species that schools above huge mounds of rubble that it apparently builds (up to 5.5 m long x 3 m wide over 1 m high). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | pastel tilefish | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Latilus fronticinctus Günther, 1887)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hoplolatilus fronticinctus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Latilus fronticinctus Günther, 1887)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Latilus fronticinctus Günther, 1887)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hoplolatilus fronticinctus FIN030778 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Latilus fronticinctus Günther, 1887)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hoplolatilus fronticinctus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Latilus fronticinctus Günther, 1887)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Latilus fronticinctus Günther, 1887)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hoplolatilus fronticinctus FIN030778 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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