WoRMS taxon details
Lutjanus goreensis (Valenciennes, 1830)
276538 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276538)
accepted
Species
Lutjanus guineensis Bleeker, 1863 · unaccepted
Mesoprion goreensis Valenciennes, 1830 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mesoprion goreensis 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 goreensis (Valenciennes, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276538 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lutjanus guineensis Bleeker, 1863) Bleeker, P. (1863). Mémoire sur les poissons de la côte de Guinée. <em>Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2).</em> v. 18 (1862): 1-136, Pls. 1-28.
page(s): 46, Pl. 10 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Mesoprion goreensis 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]
page(s): 46, Pl. 10 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Mesoprion goreensis 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 (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus guineensis Bleeker, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion goreensis Valenciennes, 1830)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lutjanus goreensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus guineensis Bleeker, 1863)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion goreensis Valenciennes, 1830)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Mesoprion goreensis Valenciennes, 1830)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus guineensis Bleeker, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion goreensis Valenciennes, 1830)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lutjanus goreensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus guineensis Bleeker, 1863)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion goreensis Valenciennes, 1830)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Mesoprion goreensis Valenciennes, 1830)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
