WoRMS taxon details
Pomadasys argenteus (Forsskål, 1775)
218570 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218570)
accepted
Species
Coius gudgutia Hamilton, 1822 · unaccepted
Lutjanus hasta Bloch, 1790 · unaccepted
Lutjanus microstomus Lacepède, 1802 · unaccepted
Polotus nitidus Blyth, 1858 · unaccepted
Pomadasys hasta (Bloch, 1790) · unaccepted
Pomodasys argenteus (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pomodasys hasta (Bloch, 1790) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pristipoma argenteum (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted
Pristipoma chrysobalion Cuvier, 1830 · unaccepted
Pristipoma hasta (Bloch, 1790) · unaccepted
Pristipoma manadense Günther, 1872 · unaccepted
Pristipoma nageb Rüppell, 1838 · unaccepted
Sciaena argentea Forsskål, 1775 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Sciaena argentea 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): xii, 51 [details]
page(s): xii, 51 [details]
Description Found in coastal waters. Occurs at temperatures ranging from 26 to 29°C (Ref. 4959). Marketed fresh, may be salted (Ref....
Description Found in coastal waters. Occurs at temperatures ranging from 26 to 29°C (Ref. 4959). Marketed fresh, may be salted (Ref. 5284). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pomadasys argenteus (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218570 on 2025-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Sciaena argentea 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): xii, 51 [details]
original description (of Lutjanus hasta Bloch, 1790) Bloch, M. E. (1790). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 4: i-xii + 1-128, Pls. 217-252. [Also a French edition, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons, v. 7, published 1797.].
page(s): 109, Pl. 246 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Lutjanus microstomus Lacepède, 1802) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1802). Histoire naturelle des poissons: IV. <em>chez Plassan: Paris, France.</em> v. 4: i-xliv + 1-728, Pl. 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705733
page(s): 181, 216 [details]
original description (of Coius gudgutia Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].].
page(s): 94, 370 [details]
original description (of Pristipoma chrysobalion 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): 248 [details]
original description (of Polotus nitidus Blyth, 1858) Blyth, E. (1858). Report of Curator, Zoological Department, for May, 1858. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 27(3): 267-290.
page(s): 283 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): xii, 51 [details]
original description (of Lutjanus hasta Bloch, 1790) Bloch, M. E. (1790). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 4: i-xii + 1-128, Pls. 217-252. [Also a French edition, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons, v. 7, published 1797.].
page(s): 109, Pl. 246 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Lutjanus microstomus Lacepède, 1802) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1802). Histoire naturelle des poissons: IV. <em>chez Plassan: Paris, France.</em> v. 4: i-xliv + 1-728, Pl. 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705733
page(s): 181, 216 [details]
original description (of Coius gudgutia Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].].
page(s): 94, 370 [details]
original description (of Pristipoma chrysobalion 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): 248 [details]
original description (of Polotus nitidus Blyth, 1858) Blyth, E. (1858). Report of Curator, Zoological Department, for May, 1858. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 27(3): 267-290.
page(s): 283 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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
[request]
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






Unreviewed
Description Found in coastal waters. Occurs at temperatures ranging from 26 to 29°C (Ref. 4959). Marketed fresh, may be salted (Ref. 5284). [details]
To Barcode of Life (45 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Sciaena argentea Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Pristipoma argenteum (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Pristipoma nageb Rüppell, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus hasta Bloch, 1790)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications) (from synonym Pomadasys hasta (Bloch, 1790))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus microstomus Lacepède, 1802)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Coius gudgutia Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pristipoma chrysobalion Cuvier, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Pristipoma manadense Günther, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Polotus nitidus Blyth, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (86 publications) (from synonym Pristipoma hasta (Bloch, 1790))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pomadasys argenteus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pomadasys hasta) (from synonym Pomadasys hasta (Bloch, 1790))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pomadasys hasta (Bloch, 1790))
To FishBase (from synonym Sciaena argentea Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristipoma argenteum (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Pristipoma chrysobalion Cuvier, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristipoma nageb Rüppell, 1838)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristipoma manadense Günther, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Polotus nitidus Blyth, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Coius gudgutia Hamilton, 1822)
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus hasta Bloch, 1790)
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus microstomus Lacepède, 1802)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomodasys argenteus (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Pomodasys hasta (Bloch, 1790))
To FishBase (from synonym Pristipoma hasta (Bloch, 1790))
To FishBase images (Pomadasys argenteus, Oman, by Hermosa, Jr., G.V.)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Pomadasys hasta (Bloch, 1790))
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Lutjanus hasta Bloch, 1790)
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 30 proteins)
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 30 proteins) (from synonym Sciaena argentea Forsskål, 1775)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pomadasys argenteus USNM 403153 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pomadasys argenteus USNM 435629 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Sciaena argentea Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Pristipoma argenteum (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Pristipoma nageb Rüppell, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus hasta Bloch, 1790)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications) (from synonym Pomadasys hasta (Bloch, 1790))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus microstomus Lacepède, 1802)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Coius gudgutia Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pristipoma chrysobalion Cuvier, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Pristipoma manadense Günther, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Polotus nitidus Blyth, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (86 publications) (from synonym Pristipoma hasta (Bloch, 1790))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pomadasys argenteus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pomadasys hasta) (from synonym Pomadasys hasta (Bloch, 1790))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pomadasys hasta (Bloch, 1790))
To FishBase (from synonym Sciaena argentea Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristipoma argenteum (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Pristipoma chrysobalion Cuvier, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristipoma nageb Rüppell, 1838)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristipoma manadense Günther, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Polotus nitidus Blyth, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Coius gudgutia Hamilton, 1822)
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus hasta Bloch, 1790)
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus microstomus Lacepède, 1802)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomodasys argenteus (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Pomodasys hasta (Bloch, 1790))
To FishBase (from synonym Pristipoma hasta (Bloch, 1790))
To FishBase images (Pomadasys argenteus, Oman, by Hermosa, Jr., G.V.)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Pomadasys hasta (Bloch, 1790))
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Lutjanus hasta Bloch, 1790)
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 30 proteins)
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 30 proteins) (from synonym Sciaena argentea Forsskål, 1775)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pomadasys argenteus USNM 403153 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pomadasys argenteus USNM 435629 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS