WoRMS taxon details
Myripristis kuntee Valenciennes, 1831
217915 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217915)
accepted
Species
Adioryx borbonicus (Valenciennes, 1831) · unaccepted
Myripristes multiradiatus Günther, 1874 · unaccepted (synonym)
Myripristis borbonicus Valenciennes, 1831 · unaccepted
Myripristis borbonius Valenciennes, 1831 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Myripristis kantee Valenciennes, 1831 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Myripristis multiradiatus Günther, 1874 · unaccepted
Myripristis phaeopus Seale, 1906 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1831). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome septième. Livre septième. Des Squamipennes. Livre huitième. Des poissons à pharyngiens labyrinthiformes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 7: i-xxix + 1-531, Pls. 170-208. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-440, Valenciennes 441-531. i-xxii + 1-399 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
Description Lives in subtidal reef flats, also in lagoon and seaward reefs below the surge zone to depths of at least 26 m. Often...
Description Lives in subtidal reef flats, also in lagoon and seaward reefs below the surge zone to depths of at least 26 m. Often occurs in large aggregations during the day in areas of rich foliaceous or cavernous coral growth. Feeds on plankton such as crab larvae. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Myripristis kuntee Valenciennes, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217915 on 2025-10-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1831). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome septième. Livre septième. Des Squamipennes. Livre huitième. Des poissons à pharyngiens labyrinthiformes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 7: i-xxix + 1-531, Pls. 170-208. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-440, Valenciennes 441-531. i-xxii + 1-399 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
original description (of Myripristis phaeopus Seale, 1906) Seale, A. (1906). Fishes of the South Pacific. <em>Occasional Papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum.</em> 4(1): 1-89, pl. 1., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7122973 [details]
original description (of Myripristis borbonicus Valenciennes, 1831) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1831). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome septième. Livre septième. Des Squamipennes. Livre huitième. Des poissons à pharyngiens labyrinthiformes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 7: i-xxix + 1-531, Pls. 170-208. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-440, Valenciennes 441-531. i-xxii + 1-399 in Strasbourg edition.]. [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]
original description (of Myripristis phaeopus Seale, 1906) Seale, A. (1906). Fishes of the South Pacific. <em>Occasional Papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum.</em> 4(1): 1-89, pl. 1., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7122973 [details]
original description (of Myripristis borbonicus Valenciennes, 1831) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1831). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome septième. Livre septième. Des Squamipennes. Livre huitième. Des poissons à pharyngiens labyrinthiformes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 7: i-xxix + 1-531, Pls. 170-208. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-440, Valenciennes 441-531. i-xxii + 1-399 in Strasbourg edition.]. [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
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Lives in subtidal reef flats, also in lagoon and seaward reefs below the surge zone to depths of at least 26 m. Often occurs in large aggregations during the day in areas of rich foliaceous or cavernous coral growth. Feeds on plankton such as crab larvae. [details]
To Barcode of Life (45 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Myripristis phaeopus Seale, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Myripristis multiradiatus Günther, 1874)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Myripristis borbonicus Valenciennes, 1831)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Myripristis kuntee)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis multiradiatus Günther, 1874)
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis phaeopus Seale, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Adioryx borbonicus (Valenciennes, 1831))
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis kantee Valenciennes, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis borbonius Valenciennes, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristes multiradiatus Günther, 1874)
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis borbonicus Valenciennes, 1831)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (51 nucleotides; 65 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myripristis kuntee USNM 374434 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myripristis kuntee USNM 399832 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Myripristis phaeopus Seale, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Myripristis multiradiatus Günther, 1874)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Myripristis borbonicus Valenciennes, 1831)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Myripristis kuntee)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis multiradiatus Günther, 1874)
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis phaeopus Seale, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Adioryx borbonicus (Valenciennes, 1831))
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis kantee Valenciennes, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis borbonius Valenciennes, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristes multiradiatus Günther, 1874)
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis borbonicus Valenciennes, 1831)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (51 nucleotides; 65 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myripristis kuntee USNM 374434 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myripristis kuntee USNM 399832 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
