WoRMS taxon details
Lactarius lactarius (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
218381 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218381)
accepted
Species
Lactarius burmanicus Lloyd, 1907 · unaccepted
Lactarius delicatulus Valenciennes, 1833 · unaccepted
Lactarius lacta (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Scomber lactarius Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scomber lactarius Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=471
page(s): 31 [details]
page(s): 31 [details]
Description Found in coastal waters down to a depth of about 100 m. Feeds on sand-dwelling animals (Ref. 5213). Marketed fresh and...
Description Found in coastal waters down to a depth of about 100 m. Feeds on sand-dwelling animals (Ref. 5213). Marketed fresh and dried salted. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Lactarius lactarius (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218381 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scomber lactarius Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=471
page(s): 31 [details]
original description (of Lactarius delicatulus Valenciennes, 1833) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517 [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]
page(s): 31 [details]
original description (of Lactarius delicatulus Valenciennes, 1833) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517 [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
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found in coastal waters down to a depth of about 100 m. Feeds on sand-dwelling animals (Ref. 5213). Marketed fresh and dried salted. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | false trevally | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (61 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lactarius burmanicus Lloyd, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Scomber lactarius Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications) (from synonym Lactarius delicatulus Valenciennes, 1833)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lactarius lactarius)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber lactarius Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Lactarius delicatulus Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lactarius burmanicus Lloyd, 1907)
To FishBase (from synonym Lactarius lacta (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To GenBank (60 nucleotides; 103 proteins) (from synonym Scomber lactarius Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To GenBank (60 nucleotides; 103 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NHMUK collection (Lactarius delicatulus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3121476) (from synonym Lactarius delicatulus Valenciennes, 1833)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lactarius lactarius USNM 431545 lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lactarius lactarius USNM 431546 lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lactarius burmanicus Lloyd, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Scomber lactarius Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications) (from synonym Lactarius delicatulus Valenciennes, 1833)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lactarius lactarius)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber lactarius Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Lactarius delicatulus Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lactarius burmanicus Lloyd, 1907)
To FishBase (from synonym Lactarius lacta (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To GenBank (60 nucleotides; 103 proteins) (from synonym Scomber lactarius Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To GenBank (60 nucleotides; 103 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NHMUK collection (Lactarius delicatulus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3121476) (from synonym Lactarius delicatulus Valenciennes, 1833)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lactarius lactarius USNM 431545 lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lactarius lactarius USNM 431546 lateral view)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
