WoRMS taxon details
Lutjanus analis (Cuvier, 1828)
159792 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159792)
accepted
Species
Lutianus analis (Cuvier, 1828) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Mesoprion analis Cuvier, 1828 · unaccepted
Mesoprion isodon Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted
Mesoprion rosaceus Poey, 1870 · unaccepted
Mesoprion sobra Cuvier, 1828 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mesoprion analis Cuvier, 1828) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7339
page(s): 452 [details]
page(s): 452 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: as far north as Massachusetts, USA, Bermuda and southward to southeastern Brazil; including the Caribbean...
Distribution Western Atlantic: as far north as Massachusetts, USA, Bermuda and southward to southeastern Brazil; including the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Lutjanus analis (Cuvier, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159792 on 2026-03-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mesoprion analis Cuvier, 1828) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7339
page(s): 452 [details]
original description (of Mesoprion isodon Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome troisième. Suite du Livre troisième. Des percoïdes à dorsale unique à sept rayons branchiaux et à dents en velours ou en cardes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 3: i-xxviii + 2 pp. + 1-500, Pls. 41-71. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xxii + 1-368 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
original description (of Mesoprion sobra Cuvier, 1828) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7339
page(s): 453 [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]
page(s): 452 [details]
original description (of Mesoprion isodon Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome troisième. Suite du Livre troisième. Des percoïdes à dorsale unique à sept rayons branchiaux et à dents en velours ou en cardes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 3: i-xxviii + 2 pp. + 1-500, Pls. 41-71. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xxii + 1-368 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
original description (of Mesoprion sobra Cuvier, 1828) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7339
page(s): 453 [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
context source (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
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 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: as far north as Massachusetts, USA, Bermuda and southward to southeastern Brazil; including the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. [details]Habitat benthic [details]
To Barcode of Life (101 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion isodon Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion sobra Cuvier, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion analis Cuvier, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (59 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion rosaceus Poey, 1870)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lutjanus analis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion sobra Cuvier, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion rosaceus Poey, 1870)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion analis Cuvier, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion isodon Cuvier, 1829)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (209 nucleotides; 131 proteins)
To GenBank (209 nucleotides; 131 proteins) (from synonym Mesoprion analis Cuvier, 1828)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lutjanus analis USNM 413602 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lutjanus analis USNM 414642 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion isodon Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion sobra Cuvier, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion analis Cuvier, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (59 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion rosaceus Poey, 1870)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lutjanus analis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion sobra Cuvier, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion rosaceus Poey, 1870)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion analis Cuvier, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion isodon Cuvier, 1829)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (209 nucleotides; 131 proteins)
To GenBank (209 nucleotides; 131 proteins) (from synonym Mesoprion analis Cuvier, 1828)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lutjanus analis USNM 413602 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lutjanus analis USNM 414642 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
