WoRMS taxon details
Prionotus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1771)
159571 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159571)
accepted
Species
Merulinus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1771) · unaccepted
Prionotus affinis Hildebrand & Schroeder, 1928 · unaccepted
Prionotus palmipes (Mitchill, 1815) · unaccepted
Prionotus pileatus Storer, 1845 · unaccepted
Trigla carolina Linnaeus, 1771 · unaccepted
Trigla palmipes Mitchill, 1815 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Trigla carolina Linnaeus, 1771) Linnaeus C. (1771). Mantissa plantarum: Generum editionis VI. et specierum editionis II. L. Salvius, Holmiae. Vol. Mantissa [2] altera: Regni Animalis Appendix: 521-552. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42945322 [details]
Distribution Nova Scotia to central Florida
Distribution Nova Scotia to central Florida [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Prionotus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1771). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159571 on 2026-06-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Trigla carolina Linnaeus, 1771) Linnaeus C. (1771). Mantissa plantarum: Generum editionis VI. et specierum editionis II. L. Salvius, Holmiae. Vol. Mantissa [2] altera: Regni Animalis Appendix: 521-552. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42945322 [details]
original description (of Trigla palmipes Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6.
page(s): 431, Pl. 4 [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
original description (of Trigla palmipes Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6.
page(s): 431, Pl. 4 [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [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
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
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on shrimp, crabs, squids, bivalves and small fishes [details]Distribution Nova Scotia to central Florida [details]
Habitat Found over sandy bottoms at depths of 15- 170 m. [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Importance Scientific- Food, fish meal, fishing bait, pet food and fertilizer [details]
Reproduction Spawn May to October in estuarine environments [details]
To Barcode of Life (24 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Trigla carolina Linnaeus, 1771)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (155 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Prionotus pileatus Storer, 1845)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications) (from synonym Prionotus palmipes (Mitchill, 1815))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (95 publications) (from synonym Trigla palmipes Mitchill, 1815)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prionotus carolinus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Trigla carolina Linnaeus, 1771)
To FishBase (from synonym Prionotus affinis Hildebrand & Schroeder, 1928)
To FishBase (from synonym Prionotus palmipes (Mitchill, 1815))
To FishBase (from synonym Prionotus pileatus Storer, 1845)
To FishBase (from synonym Trigla palmipes Mitchill, 1815)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 44 proteins)
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 44 proteins) (from synonym Trigla carolina Linnaeus, 1771)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Trigla carolina Linnaeus, 1771)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (155 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Prionotus pileatus Storer, 1845)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications) (from synonym Prionotus palmipes (Mitchill, 1815))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (95 publications) (from synonym Trigla palmipes Mitchill, 1815)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prionotus carolinus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Trigla carolina Linnaeus, 1771)
To FishBase (from synonym Prionotus affinis Hildebrand & Schroeder, 1928)
To FishBase (from synonym Prionotus palmipes (Mitchill, 1815))
To FishBase (from synonym Prionotus pileatus Storer, 1845)
To FishBase (from synonym Trigla palmipes Mitchill, 1815)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 44 proteins)
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 44 proteins) (from synonym Trigla carolina Linnaeus, 1771)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
