WoRMS taxon details
Lutjanus fulgens (Valenciennes, 1830)
276535 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276535)
accepted
Species
Lutjanus maltzani Steindachner, 1881 · unaccepted
Mesoprion fulgens Valenciennes, 1830 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mesoprion fulgens Valenciennes, 1830) 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. Lutjanus fulgens (Valenciennes, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276535 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lutjanus maltzani Steindachner, 1881) Steindachner, F. (1881). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Meeresfische Afrikas's (und Beschreibung einer neuen Sargus-Art von den Galapagos-Inseln). <em>Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse.</em> v. 18 (no. 16) : 157-160. [details]
original description (of Mesoprion fulgens Valenciennes, 1830) 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]
original description (of Mesoprion fulgens Valenciennes, 1830) 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 (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus maltzani Steindachner, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion fulgens Valenciennes, 1830)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lutjanus fulgens)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus maltzani Steindachner, 1881)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion fulgens Valenciennes, 1830)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 22 proteins) (from synonym Mesoprion fulgens Valenciennes, 1830)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lutjanus fulgens USNM 405195 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus maltzani Steindachner, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion fulgens Valenciennes, 1830)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lutjanus fulgens)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus maltzani Steindachner, 1881)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion fulgens Valenciennes, 1830)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 22 proteins) (from synonym Mesoprion fulgens Valenciennes, 1830)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lutjanus fulgens USNM 405195 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
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