WoRMS taxon details
Pentheroscion mbizi (Poll, 1950)
282214 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282214)
accepted
Species
Pentherocion mbizi (Poll, 1950) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pseudosciaena mbizi (Poll, 1950) · unaccepted
Sciaena mbizi Poll, 1950 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Sciaena mbizi Poll, 1950) Poll, M. (1950). Description de deux poissons percomorphes nouveaux des eaux côtières africaines de l'Atlantique Sud (1948-1949). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique.</em> v. 26 (no. 49): 1-14. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pentheroscion mbizi (Poll, 1950). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282214 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Sciaena mbizi Poll, 1950) Poll, M. (1950). Description de deux poissons percomorphes nouveaux des eaux côtières africaines de l'Atlantique Sud (1948-1949). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique.</em> v. 26 (no. 49): 1-14. [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
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
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To FishBase (from synonym Sciaena mbizi Poll, 1950)
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