WoRMS taxon details
Pontinus kuhlii (Bowdich, 1825)
127240 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127240)
accepted
Species
Pontinus filifer (Valenciennes, 1840) · unaccepted
Pontinus kuhli (Bowdich, 1825) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Scorpaena kuhlii (Bowdich, 1825) · unaccepted
Scorpaena kuhlii Bowdich, 1825 · unaccepted
Sebastes bibroni Sauvage, 1878 · unaccepted
Sebastes filifer Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
Sebastes kuhli (Bowdich, 1825) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Sebastes kuhlii (Bowdich, 1825) · unaccepted
Sebastoplus filifer (Valenciennes, 1840) · unaccepted
Sebastoplus kuhlii (Bowdich, 1825) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scorpaena kuhlii Bowdich, 1825) Bowdich, S. L. (1825). Fishes of Madeira. <em>In: T. E. Bowdich. Excursions in Madeira and Porto Santo during the autumn of 1823, while on his third voyage to Africa. London. i-xii + 1-278, 11 pls. + 10 pls.</em> Pp. 121-125 and 233-238.
page(s): 123 [details]
page(s): 123 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pontinus kuhlii (Bowdich, 1825). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127240 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scorpaena kuhlii Bowdich, 1825) Bowdich, S. L. (1825). Fishes of Madeira. <em>In: T. E. Bowdich. Excursions in Madeira and Porto Santo during the autumn of 1823, while on his third voyage to Africa. London. i-xii + 1-278, 11 pls. + 10 pls.</em> Pp. 121-125 and 233-238.
page(s): 123 [details]
original description (of Sebastes filifer Valenciennes, 1840) Valenciennes, A. (1837-1844). Ichthyologie des îles Canaries, ou histoire naturelle des poissons rapportés par Webb & Berthelot. <em>In: P. B. Webb & S. Berthelot. Histoire naturelle des îles Canaries. Paris.</em> v. 2 (pt 2): 1-109, 26 pls. [details]
original description (of Sebastes bibroni Sauvage, 1878) Sauvage, H.-E. (1878). Description de poissons nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus de la collection du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Famille des Scorpénidées, des Platycéphalidées et des Triglidées. <em>Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Série 2).</em> v. 1: 109-158, Pls. 1-2. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 123 [details]
original description (of Sebastes filifer Valenciennes, 1840) Valenciennes, A. (1837-1844). Ichthyologie des îles Canaries, ou histoire naturelle des poissons rapportés par Webb & Berthelot. <em>In: P. B. Webb & S. Berthelot. Histoire naturelle des îles Canaries. Paris.</em> v. 2 (pt 2): 1-109, 26 pls. [details]
original description (of Sebastes bibroni Sauvage, 1878) Sauvage, H.-E. (1878). Description de poissons nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus de la collection du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Famille des Scorpénidées, des Platycéphalidées et des Triglidées. <em>Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Série 2).</em> v. 1: 109-158, Pls. 1-2. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [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]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | offshore rockfish | [details] |
| French | rascasse du large | [details] |
| Italian | scorfano corallino | [details] |
| Portuguese | cântarobagre | [details] |
| Spanish | rascacio de fuera | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sebastoplus filifer (Valenciennes, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Sebastes filifer Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Sebastes kuhlii (Bowdich, 1825))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Sebastoplus kuhlii (Bowdich, 1825))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Sebastes bibroni Sauvage, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pontinus kuhli (Bowdich, 1825))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pontinus filifer (Valenciennes, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Scorpaena kuhlii (Bowdich, 1825))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Scorpaena kuhlii Bowdich, 1825)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Sebastes kuhli (Bowdich, 1825))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pontinus kuhlii)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sebastes bibroni Sauvage, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena kuhlii Bowdich, 1825)
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena kuhlii (Bowdich, 1825))
To FishBase (from synonym Pontinus filifer (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Pontinus kuhli (Bowdich, 1825))
To FishBase (from synonym Sebastes kuhli (Bowdich, 1825))
To FishBase (from synonym Sebastes filifer Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Sebastes kuhlii (Bowdich, 1825))
To FishBase (from synonym Sebastoplus filifer (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Sebastoplus kuhlii (Bowdich, 1825))
To GenBank (97 nucleotides; 52 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pontinus kuhlii USNM 405124 photograph lateral view)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sebastoplus filifer (Valenciennes, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Sebastes filifer Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Sebastes kuhlii (Bowdich, 1825))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Sebastoplus kuhlii (Bowdich, 1825))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Sebastes bibroni Sauvage, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pontinus kuhli (Bowdich, 1825))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pontinus filifer (Valenciennes, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Scorpaena kuhlii (Bowdich, 1825))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Scorpaena kuhlii Bowdich, 1825)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Sebastes kuhli (Bowdich, 1825))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pontinus kuhlii)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sebastes bibroni Sauvage, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena kuhlii Bowdich, 1825)
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena kuhlii (Bowdich, 1825))
To FishBase (from synonym Pontinus filifer (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Pontinus kuhli (Bowdich, 1825))
To FishBase (from synonym Sebastes kuhli (Bowdich, 1825))
To FishBase (from synonym Sebastes filifer Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Sebastes kuhlii (Bowdich, 1825))
To FishBase (from synonym Sebastoplus filifer (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Sebastoplus kuhlii (Bowdich, 1825))
To GenBank (97 nucleotides; 52 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pontinus kuhlii USNM 405124 photograph lateral view)
To PESI
To ITIS
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