WoRMS taxon details
Pempheris poeyi Bean, 1885
277066 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:277066)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bean, T. H. (1885). Description of a new species of Pempheris (Pempheris poeyi) from Cuba. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 8 (no. 516): 229-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.8-516.229 [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pempheris poeyi Bean, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277066 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Bean, T. H. (1885). Description of a new species of Pempheris (Pempheris poeyi) from Cuba. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 8 (no. 516): 229-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.8-516.229 [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 (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | shortfin sweepercurved sweeper | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pempheris poeyi)
To FishBase
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pempheris poeyi P07835 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pempheris poeyi USNM 37184 type radiograph)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pempheris poeyi)
To FishBase
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pempheris poeyi P07835 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pempheris poeyi USNM 37184 type radiograph)
To ITIS