WoRMS taxon details
Myripristis pralinia Cuvier, 1829
217919 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217919)
accepted
Species
Holocentrus pralilius Cuv. · unaccepted (misspelling)
Holocentrus pralinius (Cuvier, 1829) · unaccepted
Myripristes kuim Montrouzier, 1857 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Myripristis bleekeri Günther, 1859 · unaccepted
Myripristis kuim Montrouzier, 1857 · unaccepted
Myripristis mooreanus Herre, 1935 · unaccepted
Myripristis pralina Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Myripristis pralinius Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Myripristis pralinus Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Myripristis praslinius Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Myripristis praslinus Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Myripristis sanguineus Jordan & Seale, 1906 · unaccepted
Ostichthys pralinius (Cuvier, 1829) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome troisième. Suite du Livre troisième. Des percoïdes à dorsale unique à sept rayons branchiaux et à dents en velours ou en cardes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 3: i-xxviii + 2 pp. + 1-500, Pls. 41-71. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xxii + 1-368 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
Description A nocturnal species found in small groups in caves or under ledges of reef flats, lagoons, and outer reef slopes. In loose...
Description A nocturnal species found in small groups in caves or under ledges of reef flats, lagoons, and outer reef slopes. In loose aggregations in or near shelter during the day (Ref. 9710). Feeds on plankton such as crab larvae. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Myripristis pralinia Cuvier, 1829. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217919 on 2025-09-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome troisième. Suite du Livre troisième. Des percoïdes à dorsale unique à sept rayons branchiaux et à dents en velours ou en cardes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 3: i-xxviii + 2 pp. + 1-500, Pls. 41-71. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xxii + 1-368 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
original description (of Myripristis bleekeri Günther, 1859) Günther, A. (1859). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gasterosteidae, Berycidae, Percidae, Aphredoderidae, Pristipomatidae, Mullidae, Sparidae. <em>London.</em> v. 1: i-xxxi + 1-524. [details]
original description (of Myripristis sanguineus Jordan & 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 mooreanus Herre, 1935) Herre, A. W. C. T. (1935). New fishes obtained by the Crane Pacific expedition. <em>Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series.</em> v. 18 (no. 12): 383-438. [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 bleekeri Günther, 1859) Günther, A. (1859). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gasterosteidae, Berycidae, Percidae, Aphredoderidae, Pristipomatidae, Mullidae, Sparidae. <em>London.</em> v. 1: i-xxxi + 1-524. [details]
original description (of Myripristis sanguineus Jordan & 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 mooreanus Herre, 1935) Herre, A. W. C. T. (1935). New fishes obtained by the Crane Pacific expedition. <em>Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series.</em> v. 18 (no. 12): 383-438. [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 (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description A nocturnal species found in small groups in caves or under ledges of reef flats, lagoons, and outer reef slopes. In loose aggregations in or near shelter during the day (Ref. 9710). Feeds on plankton such as crab larvae. [details]Remark M. pralinius (C & V, 1829) in <130> [details]
To Barcode of Life (32 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Myripristis praslinus Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Myripristis bleekeri Günther, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Myripristis mooreanus Herre, 1935)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications) (from synonym Myripristis pralinius Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Myripristis pralinus Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Myripristis sanguineus Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Myripristis pralinius Cuvier, 1829)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Myripristis pralinia)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis pralinius Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis kuim Montrouzier, 1857)
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis mooreanus Herre, 1935)
To FishBase (from synonym Holocentrus pralinius (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis bleekeri Günther, 1859)
To FishBase (from synonym Ostichthys pralinius (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis praslinius Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis praslinus Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis sanguineus Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis pralinus Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristes kuim Montrouzier, 1857)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 49 proteins)
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 49 proteins) (from synonym Myripristis pralinius Cuvier, 1829)
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 49 proteins) (from synonym Ostichthys pralinius (Cuvier, 1829))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myripristes pralinia USNM 373688 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myripristis pralinia USNM 424095 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myripristis sanguineus P09512 illustration) (from synonym Myripristis sanguineus Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Myripristis praslinus Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Myripristis bleekeri Günther, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Myripristis mooreanus Herre, 1935)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications) (from synonym Myripristis pralinius Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Myripristis pralinus Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Myripristis sanguineus Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Myripristis pralinius Cuvier, 1829)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Myripristis pralinia)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis pralinius Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis kuim Montrouzier, 1857)
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis mooreanus Herre, 1935)
To FishBase (from synonym Holocentrus pralinius (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis bleekeri Günther, 1859)
To FishBase (from synonym Ostichthys pralinius (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis praslinius Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis praslinus Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis sanguineus Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis pralinus Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristes kuim Montrouzier, 1857)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 49 proteins)
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 49 proteins) (from synonym Myripristis pralinius Cuvier, 1829)
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 49 proteins) (from synonym Ostichthys pralinius (Cuvier, 1829))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myripristes pralinia USNM 373688 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myripristis pralinia USNM 424095 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myripristis sanguineus P09512 illustration) (from synonym Myripristis sanguineus Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
