WoRMS taxon details
Leiostomus xanthurus Lacepède, 1802
159322 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159322)
accepted
Species
Leiostomus humeralis Cuvier, 1830 · unaccepted
Mugil obliquus Mitchill, 1814 · unaccepted
Perca edentula Bosc, 1802 · unaccepted
Sciaena multifasciata Lesueur, 1822 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lacepède, B.G.E. (1802). Histoire naturelle des poissons: IV. <em>chez Plassan: Paris, France.</em> v. 4: i-xliv + 1-728, Pl. 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705733 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts Bay to northern Mexico; absent in southern Florida.
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts Bay to northern Mexico; absent in southern Florida. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Leiostomus xanthurus Lacepède, 1802. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159322 on 2026-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Lacepède, B.G.E. (1802). Histoire naturelle des poissons: IV. <em>chez Plassan: Paris, France.</em> v. 4: i-xliv + 1-728, Pl. 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705733 [details]
original description (of Leiostomus humeralis Cuvier, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome cinquième. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. v. 5: i-xxviii + 1-499 + 4 pp., Pls. 100-140. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xx + 1-374 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 141, Pl. 110 [details]
original description (of Mugil obliquus Mitchill, 1814) Mitchill, S. L. (1814). Arrangement and description of the codfishes of New-York: addressed to the editors. <em>In: Hosack, D. & J. W. Francis (eds.): The American medical and philosophical register; or, annals of medicine, natural history, agriculture, and the arts. [2nd edition.] C. S. van Winkle, New York: i-xv + 1-675. The Amerian medical and philosophical register of annals of medicine, natural history, agriculture, and the arts v. 4: 618-627.</em> Pp. 618-627.
page(s): 16 [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
original description (of Leiostomus humeralis Cuvier, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome cinquième. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. v. 5: i-xxviii + 1-499 + 4 pp., Pls. 100-140. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xx + 1-374 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 141, Pl. 110 [details]
original description (of Mugil obliquus Mitchill, 1814) Mitchill, S. L. (1814). Arrangement and description of the codfishes of New-York: addressed to the editors. <em>In: Hosack, D. & J. W. Francis (eds.): The American medical and philosophical register; or, annals of medicine, natural history, agriculture, and the arts. [2nd edition.] C. S. van Winkle, New York: i-xv + 1-675. The Amerian medical and philosophical register of annals of medicine, natural history, agriculture, and the arts v. 4: 618-627.</em> Pp. 618-627.
page(s): 16 [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [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
McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [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
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts Bay to northern Mexico; absent in southern Florida. [details]Habitat benthic [details]
To Barcode of Life (96 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sciaena multifasciata Lesueur, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Mugil obliquus Mitchill, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (177 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Leiostomus humeralis Cuvier, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Perca edentula Bosc, 1802)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leiostomus xanthurus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Mugil obliquus Mitchill, 1814)
To FishBase (from synonym Leiostomus humeralis Cuvier, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Sciaena multifasciata Lesueur, 1822)
To FishBase (from synonym Perca edentula Bosc, 1802)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (158 nucleotides; 130 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sciaena multifasciata Lesueur, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Mugil obliquus Mitchill, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (177 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Leiostomus humeralis Cuvier, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Perca edentula Bosc, 1802)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leiostomus xanthurus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Mugil obliquus Mitchill, 1814)
To FishBase (from synonym Leiostomus humeralis Cuvier, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Sciaena multifasciata Lesueur, 1822)
To FishBase (from synonym Perca edentula Bosc, 1802)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (158 nucleotides; 130 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
