WoRMS taxon details
Lutjanus lunulatus (Park, 1797)
218492 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218492)
accepted
Species
Mesoprion caudalis Valenciennes, 1830 · unaccepted
Perca lunulata Park, 1797 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Perca lunulata Park, 1797) Park, M. (1797). Descriptions of eight new fishes from Sumatra. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> v. 3 (art. 9): 33-38, Pl. [6].
page(s): 35, Pl. 6 [details]
page(s): 35, Pl. 6 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Lutjanus lunulatus (Park, 1797). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218492 on 2026-01-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Perca lunulata Park, 1797) Park, M. (1797). Descriptions of eight new fishes from Sumatra. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> v. 3 (art. 9): 33-38, Pl. [6].
page(s): 35, Pl. 6 [details]
original description (of Mesoprion caudalis 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]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): 35, Pl. 6 [details]
original description (of Mesoprion caudalis 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]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Perca lunulata Park, 1797)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion caudalis Valenciennes, 1830)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lutjanus lunulatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Perca lunulata Park, 1797)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion caudalis Valenciennes, 1830)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Perca lunulata Park, 1797)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Perca lunulata Park, 1797; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2595076) (from synonym Perca lunulata Park, 1797)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lutjanus lunulatus FIN030675 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Perca lunulata Park, 1797)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion caudalis Valenciennes, 1830)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lutjanus lunulatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Perca lunulata Park, 1797)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion caudalis Valenciennes, 1830)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Perca lunulata Park, 1797)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Perca lunulata Park, 1797; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2595076) (from synonym Perca lunulata Park, 1797)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lutjanus lunulatus FIN030675 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
