WoRMS taxon details
Lutjanus adetii (Castelnau, 1873)
276519 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276519)
accepted
Species
Diacope adetii Castelnau, 1873 · unaccepted
Diacopus adetii Castelnau, 1873 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Genyoroge amabilis De Vis, 1884 · unaccepted
Genyoroge unicolor Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877 · unaccepted
Lutjanus amabilis (De Vis, 1885) · unaccepted
Lutjanus castelnaui Whitley, 1928 · unaccepted
Lutjanus paravitta Postel, 1965 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Diacopus adetii Castelnau, 1873) Castelnau, F. L. (1873). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. Nos. III thru IX [with subtitles, indexed as one work]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> 2: 37-158. [Also as part of a separate, Melbourne, 1872.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48423160#page/47/mode/1up [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Lutjanus adetii (Castelnau, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276519 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lutjanus castelnaui Whitley, 1928) Whitley, G. P. (1928). Studies in ichthyology. No. 2. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> v. 16 (no. 4): 211-239, Pls. 16-18. [details]
original description (of Lutjanus paravitta Postel, 1965) Postel, E. (1965). Deux lutjanidés nouveaux des environs de Nouméa (Nouvelle-Calédonie). <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2).</em> 37(2): 244–251. [details]
original description (of Diacope adetii Castelnau, 1873) Castelnau, F. L. (1873). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. Nos. III thru IX [with subtitles, indexed as one work]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> 2: 37-158. [Also as part of a separate, Melbourne, 1872.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48423160#page/47/mode/1up
page(s): 111 [details]
original description (of Genyoroge amabilis De Vis, 1884) De Vis, C. W. (1884). On a new fish from Moreton Bay. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland.</em> v. 1 (pt 3): 144-147.
page(s): 145 [details]
original description (of Genyoroge unicolor Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877) Alleyne, H. G.; Macleay, W. (1877). The ichthyology of the Chevert expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 1 (pts 3-4): 261-281, 321-359, Pls. 3-9, 10-17. [Pp. 261-281, Pls. 3-9 published Feb. 1877; pp. 321-359, Pls. 10-17 published Mar. 1877.]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.12420 [details]
original description (of Diacopus adetii Castelnau, 1873) Castelnau, F. L. (1873). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. Nos. III thru IX [with subtitles, indexed as one work]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> 2: 37-158. [Also as part of a separate, Melbourne, 1872.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48423160#page/47/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Lutjanus paravitta Postel, 1965) Postel, E. (1965). Deux lutjanidés nouveaux des environs de Nouméa (Nouvelle-Calédonie). <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2).</em> 37(2): 244–251. [details]
original description (of Diacope adetii Castelnau, 1873) Castelnau, F. L. (1873). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. Nos. III thru IX [with subtitles, indexed as one work]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> 2: 37-158. [Also as part of a separate, Melbourne, 1872.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48423160#page/47/mode/1up
page(s): 111 [details]
original description (of Genyoroge amabilis De Vis, 1884) De Vis, C. W. (1884). On a new fish from Moreton Bay. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland.</em> v. 1 (pt 3): 144-147.
page(s): 145 [details]
original description (of Genyoroge unicolor Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877) Alleyne, H. G.; Macleay, W. (1877). The ichthyology of the Chevert expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 1 (pts 3-4): 261-281, 321-359, Pls. 3-9, 10-17. [Pp. 261-281, Pls. 3-9 published Feb. 1877; pp. 321-359, Pls. 10-17 published Mar. 1877.]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.12420 [details]
original description (of Diacopus adetii Castelnau, 1873) Castelnau, F. L. (1873). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. Nos. III thru IX [with subtitles, indexed as one work]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> 2: 37-158. [Also as part of a separate, Melbourne, 1872.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48423160#page/47/mode/1up [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 (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus castelnaui Whitley, 1928)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Diacopus adetii Castelnau, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Genyoroge unicolor Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Genyoroge amabilis De Vis, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lutjanus adetii)
To FishBase (from synonym Genyoroge unicolor Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus castelnaui Whitley, 1928)
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus paravitta Postel, 1965)
To FishBase (from synonym Diacope adetii Castelnau, 1873)
To FishBase (from synonym Genyoroge amabilis De Vis, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Diacopus adetii Castelnau, 1873)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Diacopus adetii Castelnau, 1873)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lutjanus adetii FIN030634 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lutjanus adetii FIN030635 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus castelnaui Whitley, 1928)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Diacopus adetii Castelnau, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Genyoroge unicolor Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Genyoroge amabilis De Vis, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lutjanus adetii)
To FishBase (from synonym Genyoroge unicolor Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus castelnaui Whitley, 1928)
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus paravitta Postel, 1965)
To FishBase (from synonym Diacope adetii Castelnau, 1873)
To FishBase (from synonym Genyoroge amabilis De Vis, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Diacopus adetii Castelnau, 1873)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Diacopus adetii Castelnau, 1873)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lutjanus adetii FIN030634 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lutjanus adetii FIN030635 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS