WoRMS taxon details
Pristigaster cayana Cuvier, 1829
282351 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282351)
accepted
Species
Pristigaster americanus Guérin-Méneville, 1829-38 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pristigaster argenteus Schinz, 1822 · unaccepted
Pristigaster cayanus Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted
Pristigaster lichtensteini Jarocki, 1822 · unaccepted
Pristigaster martii Agassiz, 1829 · unaccepted
Pristigaster phaeton Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted
Pristigaster triangularis Stark, 1828 · unaccepted
Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pristigaster cayana Cuvier, 1829. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282351 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348 [details]
original description (of Pristigaster americanus Guérin-Méneville, 1829-38) Guérin-Méneville, F.E. (1829 - 1843). Iconographie du régne animal de G. Cuvier. [Representation d'apres nature de l'une des especes les plus remarquables et souvent non encore figurees, de chaque genre d'animaux. [Iconography of the animal kingdom by G. Cuvier.]. <em>Planches des Animaux invertébrés. Zoophytes. 2. Crustacées. A. Londres publisher. (Publication began in 1829).</em> :1-48, [ Copepods pl. 35, This plate was published in 1837.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27813845
page(s): 33, Pl. 57 (fig. 3) [details]
original description (of Pristigaster argenteus Schinz, 1822) Schinz, H. R. (1822). Das Thierreich eingetheilt nach dem Bau der Thiere als Grundlage ihrer Naturgeschichte und der vergleichenden Anatomie. <em>Mit vielen Zusätzenversehen von H. R. Schinz. Cotta, Stuttgart & Tübingen.</em> v. 2: i-xvi + 1-835., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.120236 [details]
original description (of Pristigaster cayanus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 321, Pl. 10 (fig. 3) [details]
original description (of Pristigaster martii Agassiz, 1829) Spix, J. B.; von; Agassiz, L. (1829-1831). Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX : jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi peracto. <em>Monachii.</em> Part 1: i-xvi + i-ii + 1-6 + 1-82, Pls. 1-48, Part 2: 83-138, Pls. 49-101. [Part 1 published June 1829, part 2 Jan. 1831., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57839229#page/1/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Pristigaster phaeton Valenciennes, 1847) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1847). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingtième. Livre vingt et unième. De la famille des Clupéoïdes. Hist. Nat. Poiss. v. 20: i-xviii + 1 p. + 1-472, Pls. 591-606. [details]
original description (of Pristigaster americanus Guérin-Méneville, 1829-38) Guérin-Méneville, F.E. (1829 - 1843). Iconographie du régne animal de G. Cuvier. [Representation d'apres nature de l'une des especes les plus remarquables et souvent non encore figurees, de chaque genre d'animaux. [Iconography of the animal kingdom by G. Cuvier.]. <em>Planches des Animaux invertébrés. Zoophytes. 2. Crustacées. A. Londres publisher. (Publication began in 1829).</em> :1-48, [ Copepods pl. 35, This plate was published in 1837.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27813845
page(s): 33, Pl. 57 (fig. 3) [details]
original description (of Pristigaster argenteus Schinz, 1822) Schinz, H. R. (1822). Das Thierreich eingetheilt nach dem Bau der Thiere als Grundlage ihrer Naturgeschichte und der vergleichenden Anatomie. <em>Mit vielen Zusätzenversehen von H. R. Schinz. Cotta, Stuttgart & Tübingen.</em> v. 2: i-xvi + 1-835., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.120236 [details]
original description (of Pristigaster cayanus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 321, Pl. 10 (fig. 3) [details]
original description (of Pristigaster martii Agassiz, 1829) Spix, J. B.; von; Agassiz, L. (1829-1831). Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX : jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi peracto. <em>Monachii.</em> Part 1: i-xvi + i-ii + 1-6 + 1-82, Pls. 1-48, Part 2: 83-138, Pls. 49-101. [Part 1 published June 1829, part 2 Jan. 1831., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57839229#page/1/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Pristigaster phaeton Valenciennes, 1847) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1847). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingtième. Livre vingt et unième. De la famille des Clupéoïdes. Hist. Nat. Poiss. v. 20: i-xviii + 1 p. + 1-472, Pls. 591-606. [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
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Pristigaster martii Agassiz, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pristigaster triangularis Stark, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) (from synonym Pristigaster cayanus Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pristigaster americanus Guérin-Méneville, 1829-38)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Pristigaster argenteus Schinz, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Pristigaster phaeton Valenciennes, 1847)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pristigaster cayana)
To Fishbase (from synonym Pristigaster phaeton Valenciennes, 1847)
To Fishbase (from synonym Pristigaster cayanus Cuvier, 1829)
To Fishbase (from synonym Pristigaster martii Agassiz, 1829)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pristigaster cayana RAD100543-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pristigaster cayana RAD100549-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Pristigaster martii Agassiz, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pristigaster triangularis Stark, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) (from synonym Pristigaster cayanus Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pristigaster americanus Guérin-Méneville, 1829-38)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Pristigaster argenteus Schinz, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Pristigaster phaeton Valenciennes, 1847)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pristigaster cayana)
To Fishbase (from synonym Pristigaster phaeton Valenciennes, 1847)
To Fishbase (from synonym Pristigaster cayanus Cuvier, 1829)
To Fishbase (from synonym Pristigaster martii Agassiz, 1829)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pristigaster cayana RAD100543-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pristigaster cayana RAD100549-001)
To ITIS
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