WoRMS taxon details
Menticirrhus nasus (Günther, 1868)
276146 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276146)
accepted
Species
Menticirrhus simus Jordan & Eigenmann, 1889 · unaccepted
Umbrina nasus Günther, 1868 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Umbrina nasus Günther, 1868) Günther, A. (1868). An account of the fishes of the states of Central America based on collections made by Capt. J. M. Dow, F. Godman, Esq., and O. Salvin, Esq. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> v. 6 (pt 7, no. 14): 377-494, Pls. 63-87., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1868.tb00582.x [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Menticirrhus nasus (Günther, 1868). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276146 on 2026-07-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Umbrina nasus Günther, 1868) Günther, A. (1868). An account of the fishes of the states of Central America based on collections made by Capt. J. M. Dow, F. Godman, Esq., and O. Salvin, Esq. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> v. 6 (pt 7, no. 14): 377-494, Pls. 63-87., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1868.tb00582.x [details]
original description (of Menticirrhus simus Jordan & Eigenmann, 1889) Jordan, D. S.; Eigenmann, C. H. (1889). A review of the Sciaenidae of America and Europe. <em>United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner.</em> v. 14 (for 1886) (art. 3): 343-451, Pls. 1-4. [details]
original description (of Menticirrhus simus Jordan & Eigenmann, 1889) Jordan, D. S.; Eigenmann, C. H. (1889). A review of the Sciaenidae of America and Europe. <em>United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner.</em> v. 14 (for 1886) (art. 3): 343-451, Pls. 1-4. [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 (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [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 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 (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Menticirrhus simus Jordan & Eigenmann, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Umbrina nasus Günther, 1868)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Menticirrhus nasus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Umbrina nasus Günther, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Menticirrhus simus Jordan & Eigenmann, 1889)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Umbrina nasus Günther, 1868)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Menticirrhus simus Jordan & Eigenmann, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Umbrina nasus Günther, 1868)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Menticirrhus nasus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Umbrina nasus Günther, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Menticirrhus simus Jordan & Eigenmann, 1889)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Umbrina nasus Günther, 1868)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
