WoRMS taxon details
Polysteganus praeorbitalis (Günther, 1859)
218616 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218616)
accepted
Species
Dentex praeorbitalis Günther, 1859 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Dentex praeorbitalis Günther, 1859) Günther, A. (1859). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gasterosteidae, Berycidae, Percidae, Aphredoderidae, Pristipomatidae, Mullidae, Sparidae. <em>London.</em> v. 1: i-xxxi + 1-524., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8809 [details]
Description Haunts deep offshore reefs ranging from 20 to 100 m. Feeds on large crabs, crayfish, a variety of reef fish and squid. Sold...
Description Haunts deep offshore reefs ranging from 20 to 100 m. Feeds on large crabs, crayfish, a variety of reef fish and squid. Sold fresh in markets. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Polysteganus praeorbitalis (Günther, 1859). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218616 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Dentex praeorbitalis Günther, 1859) Günther, A. (1859). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gasterosteidae, Berycidae, Percidae, Aphredoderidae, Pristipomatidae, Mullidae, Sparidae. <em>London.</em> v. 1: i-xxxi + 1-524., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8809 [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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Haunts deep offshore reefs ranging from 20 to 100 m. Feeds on large crabs, crayfish, a variety of reef fish and squid. Sold fresh in markets. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Scotsman seabream | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Dentex praeorbitalis Günther, 1859)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polysteganus praeorbitalis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Dentex praeorbitalis Günther, 1859)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Dentex praeorbitalis Günther, 1859)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Dentex praeorbitalis Günther, 1859)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polysteganus praeorbitalis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Dentex praeorbitalis Günther, 1859)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Dentex praeorbitalis Günther, 1859)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
