WoRMS taxon details
Plectorhinchus schotaf (Forsskål, 1775)
218551 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218551)
accepted
Species
Diagramma durbanense Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908 · unaccepted
Diagramma griseum Cuvier, 1830 · unaccepted
Gaterin griseum (Cuvier, 1830) · unaccepted
Gaterin schotaf (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted
Plectorhinchus griseus (Cuvier, 1830) · unaccepted
Plectorhincus schotof (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Plectorhynchus schhotaf (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Plectorhynchus schotaf (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Sciaena schotaf Forsskål, 1775 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Sciaena schotaf Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 315 [details]
page(s): 315 [details]
Description Found around rocks and corals in the surf zone (Ref. 2799). Enters estuaries and rivers in Seychelles, Madagascar and South...
Description Found around rocks and corals in the surf zone (Ref. 2799). Enters estuaries and rivers in Seychelles, Madagascar and South Africa (Ref. 2135). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Plectorhinchus schotaf (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218551 on 2026-05-26
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Sciaena schotaf Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 315 [details]
original description (of Diagramma griseum Cuvier, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome cinquième. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. v. 5: i-xxviii + 1-499 + 4 pp., Pls. 100-140. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xx + 1-374 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 306 [details]
original description (of Diagramma durbanense Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) Gilchrist, J. D. F.; Thompson, W. W. (1908). Descriptions of fishes from the coast of Natal. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> v. 6 (pt 2): 145-206. [details]
basis of record Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98. [details]
page(s): 315 [details]
original description (of Diagramma griseum Cuvier, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome cinquième. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. v. 5: i-xxviii + 1-499 + 4 pp., Pls. 100-140. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xx + 1-374 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 306 [details]
original description (of Diagramma durbanense Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) Gilchrist, J. D. F.; Thompson, W. W. (1908). Descriptions of fishes from the coast of Natal. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> v. 6 (pt 2): 145-206. [details]
basis of record Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98. [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 (HKRMS)
Lin SY. (1940). The fishing industries of Hong Kong Parts V. Journal of the Hong Kong fisheries research station 1(2):pp 107-160. [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
Unreviewed
Description Found around rocks and corals in the surf zone (Ref. 2799). Enters estuaries and rivers in Seychelles, Madagascar and South Africa (Ref. 2135). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | minstrel sweetlips | [details] |
| Japanese | ナンヨウコタイ [from synonym]エリアカコショウダイ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Diagramma durbanense Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Diagramma griseum Cuvier, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Sciaena schotaf Forsskål, 1775)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Plectorhynchus schotaf (Forsskål, 1775))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plectorhinchus schotaf)
To FishBase (from synonym Gaterin schotaf (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Gaterin griseum (Cuvier, 1830))
To FishBase (from synonym Diagramma durbanense Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
To FishBase (from synonym Plectorhinchus griseus (Cuvier, 1830))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sciaena schotaf Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase (from synonym Diagramma griseum Cuvier, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Plectorhincus schotof (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Plectorhynchus schhotaf (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Plectorhynchus schotaf (Forsskål, 1775))
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 22 proteins) (from synonym Sciaena schotaf Forsskål, 1775)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 22 proteins) (from synonym Gaterin schotaf (Forsskål, 1775))
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Plectorhinchus griseus (Cuvier, 1830))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plectorhinchus schotaf FIN029018 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Diagramma durbanense Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Diagramma griseum Cuvier, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Sciaena schotaf Forsskål, 1775)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Plectorhynchus schotaf (Forsskål, 1775))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plectorhinchus schotaf)
To FishBase (from synonym Gaterin schotaf (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Gaterin griseum (Cuvier, 1830))
To FishBase (from synonym Diagramma durbanense Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
To FishBase (from synonym Plectorhinchus griseus (Cuvier, 1830))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sciaena schotaf Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase (from synonym Diagramma griseum Cuvier, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Plectorhincus schotof (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Plectorhynchus schhotaf (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Plectorhynchus schotaf (Forsskål, 1775))
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 22 proteins) (from synonym Sciaena schotaf Forsskål, 1775)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 22 proteins) (from synonym Gaterin schotaf (Forsskål, 1775))
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Plectorhinchus griseus (Cuvier, 1830))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plectorhinchus schotaf FIN029018 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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