WoRMS taxon details
Lutjanus monostigma (Cuvier, 1828)
218474 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218474)
accepted
Species
Lutianus monostigma (Cuvier, 1828) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Lutianus monostigmus (Cuvier, 1828) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Lutjanus lioglossus Bleeker, 1873 · unaccepted
Lutjanus monostigmus (Cuvier, 1828) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Mesoprion monostigma Cuvier, 1828 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mesoprion monostigma 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.
page(s): 446 [details]
page(s): 446 [details]
Description Inhabits coral reef areas, usually close to shelter in the form of caves, large coral formations and wreckage. Usually...
Description Inhabits coral reef areas, usually close to shelter in the form of caves, large coral formations and wreckage. Usually solitary in habit; occasionally occurring in small groups. Feeds mainly on fishes and benthic cructaceans. Flesh is sometimes ciguatoxic, and commonly so in Tuvalu (ref. 9513). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lutjanus monostigma (Cuvier, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218474 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lutjanus lioglossus Bleeker, 1873) Bleeker, P. (1873). Révision des espèces indo-archipélagiques des genres Lutjanus et Aprion. <em>Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Amsterdam).</em> v. 13 (art. 4): 1-102.
page(s): 74 [details]
original description (of Mesoprion monostigma 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.
page(s): 446 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): 74 [details]
original description (of Mesoprion monostigma 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.
page(s): 446 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits coral reef areas, usually close to shelter in the form of caves, large coral formations and wreckage. Usually solitary in habit; occasionally occurring in small groups. Feeds mainly on fishes and benthic cructaceans. Flesh is sometimes ciguatoxic, and commonly so in Tuvalu (ref. 9513). [details]
To Barcode of Life (37 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lutianus monostigmus (Cuvier, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus lioglossus Bleeker, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Lutianus monostigma (Cuvier, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion monostigma Cuvier, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus monostigmus (Cuvier, 1828))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Mesoprion monostigma Cuvier, 1828)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lutjanus monostigma)
To FishBase (from synonym Lutianus monostigma (Cuvier, 1828))
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion monostigma Cuvier, 1828)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus lioglossus Bleeker, 1873)
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus monostigmus (Cuvier, 1828))
To FishBase (from synonym Lutianus monostigmus (Cuvier, 1828))
To FishBase images (Lutjanus monostigma, Egypt, by Rusconi, G.)
To GenBank (109 nucleotides; 38 proteins)
To GenBank (109 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Mesoprion monostigma Cuvier, 1828)
To GenBank (109 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Lutjanus monostigmus (Cuvier, 1828))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lutjanus monostigma USNM 403313 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lutjanus monostigma USNM 404758 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lutianus monostigmus (Cuvier, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus lioglossus Bleeker, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Lutianus monostigma (Cuvier, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion monostigma Cuvier, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus monostigmus (Cuvier, 1828))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Mesoprion monostigma Cuvier, 1828)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lutjanus monostigma)
To FishBase (from synonym Lutianus monostigma (Cuvier, 1828))
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion monostigma Cuvier, 1828)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus lioglossus Bleeker, 1873)
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus monostigmus (Cuvier, 1828))
To FishBase (from synonym Lutianus monostigmus (Cuvier, 1828))
To FishBase images (Lutjanus monostigma, Egypt, by Rusconi, G.)
To GenBank (109 nucleotides; 38 proteins)
To GenBank (109 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Mesoprion monostigma Cuvier, 1828)
To GenBank (109 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Lutjanus monostigmus (Cuvier, 1828))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lutjanus monostigma USNM 403313 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lutjanus monostigma USNM 404758 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
