WoRMS taxon details
Iniistius pentadactylus (Linnaeus, 1758)
312553 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:312553)
accepted
Species
Coryphaena pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Hemipteronotus pentadactylus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Novacula sexmaculata Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
Novocula sexmaculata Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
Xirichthys cyanirostris Guérin-Méneville, 1829 · unaccepted
Xirichtys cyanirostris Guérin-Méneville, 1829 · unaccepted (synonym)
Xyrichthys virens Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted (synonym)
Xyrichtys pentadactylos (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Xyrichtys pentadactylus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Xyrichtys virens Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Coryphaena pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Iniistius pentadactylus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=312553 on 2026-08-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Xyrichthys virens Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]
original description (of Xyrichtys virens Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]
original description (of Novacula sexmaculata Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]
original description (of Xirichthys cyanirostris Guérin-Méneville, 1829) Guérin-Méneville, F.E. (1829 - 1843). Iconographie du régne animal de G. Cuvier. [Representation d'apres nature de l'une des especes les plus remarquables et souvent non encore figurees, de chaque genre d'animaux. [Iconography of the animal kingdom by G. Cuvier.]. <em>Planches des Animaux invertébrés. Zoophytes. 2. Crustacées. A. Londres publisher. (Publication began in 1829).</em> :1-48, [ Copepods pl. 35, This plate was published in 1837.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27813845
page(s): 27, Pl. 43 (fig. 3) [details]
original description (of Coryphaena pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
original description (of Xyrichtys virens Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]
original description (of Novacula sexmaculata Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]
original description (of Xirichthys cyanirostris Guérin-Méneville, 1829) Guérin-Méneville, F.E. (1829 - 1843). Iconographie du régne animal de G. Cuvier. [Representation d'apres nature de l'une des especes les plus remarquables et souvent non encore figurees, de chaque genre d'animaux. [Iconography of the animal kingdom by G. Cuvier.]. <em>Planches des Animaux invertébrés. Zoophytes. 2. Crustacées. A. Londres publisher. (Publication began in 1829).</em> :1-48, [ Copepods pl. 35, This plate was published in 1837.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27813845
page(s): 27, Pl. 43 (fig. 3) [details]
original description (of Coryphaena pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request]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
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヒラベラ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Xyrichtys pentadactylus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Coryphaena pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Hemipteronotus pentadactylus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Xyrichthys virens Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Xyrichtys pentadactylus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Coryphaena pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Iniistius pentadactylus)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemipteronotus pentadactylus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Xyrichtys virens Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Coryphaena pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Xyrichtys pentadactylus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Xirichtys cyanirostris Guérin-Méneville, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Novocula sexmaculata Valenciennes, 1840)
To Fishbase (from synonym Xirichthys cyanirostris Guérin-Méneville, 1829)
To Fishbase (from synonym Novacula sexmaculata Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Xyrichtys pentadactylos (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Xyrichthys virens Valenciennes, 1840)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Xyrichtys pentadactylus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Coryphaena pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Iniistius pentadactylus FIN030044 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Iniistius pentadactylus FIN030045 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Xyrichtys pentadactylus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Coryphaena pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Hemipteronotus pentadactylus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Xyrichthys virens Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Xyrichtys pentadactylus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Coryphaena pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Iniistius pentadactylus)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemipteronotus pentadactylus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Xyrichtys virens Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Coryphaena pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Xyrichtys pentadactylus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Xirichtys cyanirostris Guérin-Méneville, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Novocula sexmaculata Valenciennes, 1840)
To Fishbase (from synonym Xirichthys cyanirostris Guérin-Méneville, 1829)
To Fishbase (from synonym Novacula sexmaculata Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Xyrichtys pentadactylos (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Xyrichthys virens Valenciennes, 1840)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Xyrichtys pentadactylus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Coryphaena pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Iniistius pentadactylus FIN030044 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Iniistius pentadactylus FIN030045 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
