WoRMS taxon details
Nicholsina denticulata (Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917)
276038 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276038)
accepted
Species
Xenoscarus denticulatus Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917 · unaccepted
Xenoscarus hubbsi Harry, 1950 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Xenoscarus denticulatus Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917) Evermann, B. W.; Radcliffe L. (1917). The fishes of the west coast of Peru and the Titicaca Basin. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 95: i-xi + 1-166, Pls. 1-14. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Nicholsina denticulata (Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276038 on 2026-01-30
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
(of Xenoscarus denticulatus Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917) Evermann, B. W.; Radcliffe L. (1917). The fishes of the west coast of Peru and the Titicaca Basin. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 95: i-xi + 1-166, Pls. 1-14. [details]
original description (of Xenoscarus hubbsi Harry, 1950) Harry, R. R. (1950). A new parrot fish of the genus Xenoscarus from the Gulf of California. <em>American Midland Naturalist.</em> v. 43 (no. 1): 146-151. [details]
original description (of Xenoscarus hubbsi Harry, 1950) Harry, R. R. (1950). A new parrot fish of the genus Xenoscarus from the Gulf of California. <em>American Midland Naturalist.</em> v. 43 (no. 1): 146-151. [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 (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Xenoscarus hubbsi Harry, 1950)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Xenoscarus denticulatus Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nicholsina denticulata)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Xenoscarus denticulatus Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917)
To FishBase (from synonym Xenoscarus hubbsi Harry, 1950)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Xenoscarus denticulatus Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Nicholsina denticulata RAD112523-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Nicholsina denticulata RAD112526-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Nicholsina denticulatus P15954 illustration) (from synonym Xenoscarus denticulatus Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Xenoscarus denticulatus RAD112524-001) (from synonym Xenoscarus denticulatus Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Xenoscarus hubbsi Harry, 1950)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Xenoscarus denticulatus Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nicholsina denticulata)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Xenoscarus denticulatus Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917)
To FishBase (from synonym Xenoscarus hubbsi Harry, 1950)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Xenoscarus denticulatus Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Nicholsina denticulata RAD112523-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Nicholsina denticulata RAD112526-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Nicholsina denticulatus P15954 illustration) (from synonym Xenoscarus denticulatus Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Xenoscarus denticulatus RAD112524-001) (from synonym Xenoscarus denticulatus Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917)
To ITIS
