WoRMS taxon details
Plectropomus areolatus (Rüppell, 1830)
218263 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218263)
accepted
Species
Plectropoma areolatum Rüppell, 1830 · unaccepted
Plectropomus areolatum (Rüppell, 1830) · unaccepted
Plectropomus trancatus Fowler & Bean, 1930 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Plectropomus truncatus Fowler & Bean, 1930 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Plectropoma areolatum Rüppell, 1830) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1828-30). Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meers. <em>Frankfurt am Main (Heinrich Ludwig Brönner).</em> 1-141 + 3 pp., Pls. 1-35. [Part 1 (1828): 1-26, Pls. 1-6; part 2 (1829): 27-94, Pls. 7-24; part 3 (1830):95-141, Pls. 25-35.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Plectropomus areolatus (Rüppell, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218263 on 2025-12-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Plectropomus truncatus Fowler & Bean, 1930) Fowler, H. W.; Bean, B. A. (1930). Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. The fishes of the families Amiidae ... and Serranidae, obtained by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross" in 1907 to 1910 ... adjacent seas. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 10(100): i-ix + 1-334. [details]
original description (of Plectropoma areolatum Rüppell, 1830) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1828-30). Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meers. <em>Frankfurt am Main (Heinrich Ludwig Brönner).</em> 1-141 + 3 pp., Pls. 1-35. [Part 1 (1828): 1-26, Pls. 1-6; part 2 (1829): 27-94, Pls. 7-24; part 3 (1830):95-141, Pls. 25-35.]. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Plectropoma areolatum Rüppell, 1830) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1828-30). Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meers. <em>Frankfurt am Main (Heinrich Ludwig Brönner).</em> 1-141 + 3 pp., Pls. 1-35. [Part 1 (1828): 1-26, Pls. 1-6; part 2 (1829): 27-94, Pls. 7-24; part 3 (1830):95-141, Pls. 25-35.]. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). 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] 
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (47 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Plectropoma areolatum Rüppell, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Plectropomus truncatus Fowler & Bean, 1930)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Plectropomus truncatus Fowler & Bean, 1930)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plectropomus areolatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Plectropomus areolatum (Rüppell, 1830))
To FishBase (from synonym Plectropoma areolatum Rüppell, 1830)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Plectropomus truncatus Fowler & Bean, 1930)
To FishBase (from synonym Plectropomus trancatus Fowler & Bean, 1930)
To GenBank (487 nucleotides; 109 proteins) (from synonym Plectropoma areolatum Rüppell, 1830)
To GenBank (487 nucleotides; 109 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plectropomus areolatus FIN034019 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plectropomus areolatus FIN034020 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Plectropoma areolatum Rüppell, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Plectropomus truncatus Fowler & Bean, 1930)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Plectropomus truncatus Fowler & Bean, 1930)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plectropomus areolatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Plectropomus areolatum (Rüppell, 1830))
To FishBase (from synonym Plectropoma areolatum Rüppell, 1830)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Plectropomus truncatus Fowler & Bean, 1930)
To FishBase (from synonym Plectropomus trancatus Fowler & Bean, 1930)
To GenBank (487 nucleotides; 109 proteins) (from synonym Plectropoma areolatum Rüppell, 1830)
To GenBank (487 nucleotides; 109 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plectropomus areolatus FIN034019 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plectropomus areolatus FIN034020 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS