WoRMS taxon details
Polysteganus coeruleopunctatus (Klunzinger, 1870)
218614 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218614)
accepted
Species
Dentex coeruleopunctatus Klunzinger, 1870 · unaccepted
Polysteganus caeruleopunctatus (Klunzinger, 1870) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Dentex coeruleopunctatus Klunzinger, 1870) Klunzinger, C. B. (1870). Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. I. Theil. Percoiden-Mugiloiden. <em>Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> v. 20: 669-834., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.14760 [details]
Description Occurs mainly in deep waters around reefs. Carnivorous predator. Not of any great commercial importance in South Africa,...
Description Occurs mainly in deep waters around reefs. Carnivorous predator. Not of any great commercial importance in South Africa, but taken by line fishermen and ski-boat anglers. Sold fresh in markets. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Polysteganus coeruleopunctatus (Klunzinger, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218614 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Dentex coeruleopunctatus Klunzinger, 1870) Klunzinger, C. B. (1870). Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. I. Theil. Percoiden-Mugiloiden. <em>Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> v. 20: 669-834., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.14760 [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]
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] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Occurs mainly in deep waters around reefs. Carnivorous predator. Not of any great commercial importance in South Africa, but taken by line fishermen and ski-boat anglers. Sold fresh in markets. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | blueskin seabream | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Dentex coeruleopunctatus Klunzinger, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polysteganus coeruleopunctatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Dentex coeruleopunctatus Klunzinger, 1870)
To FishBase (from synonym Polysteganus caeruleopunctatus (Klunzinger, 1870))
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Dentex coeruleopunctatus Klunzinger, 1870)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Dentex coeruleopunctatus Klunzinger, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polysteganus coeruleopunctatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Dentex coeruleopunctatus Klunzinger, 1870)
To FishBase (from synonym Polysteganus caeruleopunctatus (Klunzinger, 1870))
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Dentex coeruleopunctatus Klunzinger, 1870)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
