WoRMS taxon details
Pachymetopon blochii (Valenciennes, 1830)
218607 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218607)
accepted
Species
Cantharus blochii Valenciennes, 1830 · unaccepted
Cantharus castelnau Bleeker, 1859 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Cantharus castelnaui Bleeker, 1859 · unaccepted
Caranthus blochii (Valenciennes, 1830) · unaccepted
Pachymetopon canescens Norman, 1935 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cantharus blochii Valenciennes, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pachymetopon blochii (Valenciennes, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218607 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pachymetopon canescens Norman, 1935) Norman, J. R. (1935). The European and South African sea breams of the genus Spondyliosoma and related genera; with notes on Dichistius and Tripterodon. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> v. 32 (pt 1, no. 2): 5-22, Pl. 2. [details]
original description (of Cantharus blochii Valenciennes, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [details]
original description (of Cantharus castelnaui Bleeker, 1859) Bleeker, P. (1859). Over eenige vischsoorten van de Kaap de Goede Hoop. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 21: 49-80. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Cantharus blochii Valenciennes, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [details]
original description (of Cantharus castelnaui Bleeker, 1859) Bleeker, P. (1859). Over eenige vischsoorten van de Kaap de Goede Hoop. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 21: 49-80. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (17 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pachymetopon canescens Norman, 1935)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Cantharus blochii Valenciennes, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cantharus castelnaui Bleeker, 1859)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pachymetopon blochii)
To FishBase (from synonym Cantharus blochii Valenciennes, 1830)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Caranthus blochii (Valenciennes, 1830))
To FishBase (from synonym Cantharus castelnau Bleeker, 1859)
To FishBase (from synonym Pachymetopon canescens Norman, 1935)
To FishBase (from synonym Cantharus castelnaui Bleeker, 1859)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Cantharus blochii Valenciennes, 1830)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Caranthus blochii (Valenciennes, 1830))
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pachymetopon canescens Norman, 1935)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Cantharus blochii Valenciennes, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cantharus castelnaui Bleeker, 1859)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pachymetopon blochii)
To FishBase (from synonym Cantharus blochii Valenciennes, 1830)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Caranthus blochii (Valenciennes, 1830))
To FishBase (from synonym Cantharus castelnau Bleeker, 1859)
To FishBase (from synonym Pachymetopon canescens Norman, 1935)
To FishBase (from synonym Cantharus castelnaui Bleeker, 1859)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Cantharus blochii Valenciennes, 1830)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Caranthus blochii (Valenciennes, 1830))
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
