WoRMS taxon details
Prionotus punctatus (Bloch, 1793)
276288 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276288)
accepted
Species
Prionotus alipionis Teague & Myers, 1945 · unaccepted
Prionotus aspersus Meek & Hildebrand, 1928 · unaccepted
Prionotus capella Miranda Ribeiro, 1916 · unaccepted
Prionotus jamaicensis Teague, 1951 · unaccepted
Trigla punctata Bloch, 1793 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Trigla punctata Bloch, 1793) Bloch, M. E. (1793). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 7: i-xiv + 1-144, Pls. 325-360. [Also a French edition, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons, v. 10, published 1797.].
page(s): 125, Pl. 353 [details]
page(s): 125, Pl. 353 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Prionotus punctatus (Bloch, 1793). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276288 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Trigla punctata Bloch, 1793) Bloch, M. E. (1793). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 7: i-xiv + 1-144, Pls. 325-360. [Also a French edition, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons, v. 10, published 1797.].
page(s): 125, Pl. 353 [details]
original description (of Prionotus alipionis Teague & Myers, 1945) Teague, G. W.; Myers, G. S. (1945). A new gurnard (Prionotus alipionis) from the coast of Brazil. <em>Boletim do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro, Zoologia, Nova Série.</em> 31: 1-19. [details]
original description (of Prionotus aspersus Meek & Hildebrand, 1928) Meek. (1928). The marine fishes of Panama. Part III. <em>Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series.</em> 15 (publ. 249): xxv-xxxi + 709-1045, Pls. 72-102. [details]
original description (of Prionotus jamaicensis Teague, 1951) Teague, G. W. (1951). The sea-robins of America, a revision of the triglid fishes of the genus Prionotus. <em>Comunicaciones Zoologicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo.</em> 3 (61): 1-59, Pls. 1-5. [details]
page(s): 125, Pl. 353 [details]
original description (of Prionotus alipionis Teague & Myers, 1945) Teague, G. W.; Myers, G. S. (1945). A new gurnard (Prionotus alipionis) from the coast of Brazil. <em>Boletim do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro, Zoologia, Nova Série.</em> 31: 1-19. [details]
original description (of Prionotus aspersus Meek & Hildebrand, 1928) Meek. (1928). The marine fishes of Panama. Part III. <em>Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series.</em> 15 (publ. 249): xxv-xxxi + 709-1045, Pls. 72-102. [details]
original description (of Prionotus jamaicensis Teague, 1951) Teague, G. W. (1951). The sea-robins of America, a revision of the triglid fishes of the genus Prionotus. <em>Comunicaciones Zoologicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo.</em> 3 (61): 1-59, Pls. 1-5. [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]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (28 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Prionotus alipionis Teague & Myers, 1945)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Prionotus aspersus Meek & Hildebrand, 1928)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Trigla punctata Bloch, 1793)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Prionotus capella Miranda Ribeiro, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (61 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prionotus punctatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Trigla punctata Bloch, 1793)
To FishBase (from synonym Prionotus jamaicensis Teague, 1951)
To FishBase (from synonym Prionotus capella Miranda Ribeiro, 1916)
To FishBase (from synonym Prionotus aspersus Meek & Hildebrand, 1928)
To FishBase (from synonym Prionotus alipionis Teague & Myers, 1945)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Trigla punctata Bloch, 1793)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Prionotus alipionis Teague & Myers, 1945)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Prionotus aspersus Meek & Hildebrand, 1928)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Trigla punctata Bloch, 1793)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Prionotus capella Miranda Ribeiro, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (61 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prionotus punctatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Trigla punctata Bloch, 1793)
To FishBase (from synonym Prionotus jamaicensis Teague, 1951)
To FishBase (from synonym Prionotus capella Miranda Ribeiro, 1916)
To FishBase (from synonym Prionotus aspersus Meek & Hildebrand, 1928)
To FishBase (from synonym Prionotus alipionis Teague & Myers, 1945)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Trigla punctata Bloch, 1793)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
