WoRMS taxon details
Lethrinus atlanticus Valenciennes, 1830
278633 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:278633)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Lethrinus atlanticus Valenciennes, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278633 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [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
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 (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lethrinus atlanticus)
To FishBase
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lethrinus atlanticus USNM 405178 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lethrinus atlanticus USNM 405179 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lethrinus atlanticus)
To FishBase
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lethrinus atlanticus USNM 405178 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lethrinus atlanticus USNM 405179 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
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