WoRMS taxon details

Pomadasys furcatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

218558 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218558)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Eupercaria incertae sedis (Order)
  11. Haemulidae (Family)
  12. Haemulinae (Subfamily)
  13. Pomadasys (Genus)
  14. Pomadasys furcatus (Species)
accepted
Species
Pomadasys Lacepède, 1802
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Grammistes furcatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=471
page(s): 187, Pl. 43 [details] 
Description Inhabits coastal waters and frequents sandy areas near rocks. Flesh good but undergoes rapid softening (Ref. 2799)....  
Description Inhabits coastal waters and frequents sandy areas near rocks. Flesh good but undergoes rapid softening (Ref. 2799). Marketed fresh (Ref. 3412). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pomadasys furcatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218558 on 2026-07-09
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Grammistes furcatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=471
page(s): 187, Pl. 43 [details] 

original description (of Pristipoma anas Valenciennes, 1862) Valenciennes, A. (1862). Description de quelques espèces nouvelles de poissons envoyées de Bourbon par M. Morel, directeur du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de cette île. <em>Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences.</em> v. 54: 1165-1170; (suite) 1201-1207. [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] OpenAccess publication

Other

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  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description Inhabits coastal waters and frequents sandy areas near rocks. Flesh good but undergoes rapid softening (Ref. 2799). Marketed fresh (Ref. 3412). [details]
    Definitions

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English grey grunter [from synonym]banded grunt  [details]
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pomadasys anas (Valenciennes, 1862))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pomadasys taeniophorus Regan, 1908)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Pristipoma furcatum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pomadasys furcatum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Grammistes furcatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Pristipoma anas Valenciennes, 1862)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pomadasys furcatus) 
To FishBase (from synonym Pomadasys furcatum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Pomadasys anas (Valenciennes, 1862))
To FishBase (from synonym Grammistes furcatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhonciscus anas (Valenciennes, 1862))
To FishBase (from synonym Pomadasys taeniophorus Regan, 1908)
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Pristipoma furcatum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Rhonciscus furcatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Pomadacys furcatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Pomodasys furcatum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Pristipoma anas Valenciennes, 1862)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Rhonciscus furcatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Grammistes furcatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Pristipoma furcatum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 9 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pomadasys furcatus FIN029040 Slide 120 mm) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pomadasys furcatus FIN029041 Slide 120 mm) 
To ITIS
Unreviewed

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