WoRMS taxon details
Pristipomoides multidens (Day, 1871)
218513 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218513)
accepted
Species
Diacope sparus Temminck & Schlegel, 1842 · unaccepted
Mesoprion multidens Day, 1871 · unaccepted
Pristipomoides sparus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mesoprion multidens Day, 1871) Day, F. (1871). On the fishes of the Andaman Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1870 (pt 3): 677-705 [1-29].
page(s): 680 [4] [details]
page(s): 680 [4] [details]
Description Occurs over rocky bottoms. Feeds on fishes, shrimps, crabs, lobsters, stomatopods, squids, gastropods and urochordates....
Description Occurs over rocky bottoms. Feeds on fishes, shrimps, crabs, lobsters, stomatopods, squids, gastropods and urochordates. Marketed fresh. An excellent foodfish. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pristipomoides multidens (Day, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218513 on 2025-10-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Diacope sparus Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) Temminck, C. J.; Schlegel, H. (1843). Pisces. <em>Siebold, P. F. de (ed.): Fauna Japonica, sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam ... suscepto annis 1823-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit Ph. Fr. de Siebold. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] (A. Arnz et soc.).</em> Part 1: 1-20. [details]
original description (of Mesoprion multidens Day, 1871) Day, F. (1871). On the fishes of the Andaman Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1870 (pt 3): 677-705 [1-29].
page(s): 680 [4] [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Mesoprion multidens Day, 1871) Day, F. (1871). On the fishes of the Andaman Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1870 (pt 3): 677-705 [1-29].
page(s): 680 [4] [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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] 
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Occurs over rocky bottoms. Feeds on fishes, shrimps, crabs, lobsters, stomatopods, squids, gastropods and urochordates. Marketed fresh. An excellent foodfish. [details]Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Remark Date 1871 Eschmeyer, pers. comm. [details]
To Barcode of Life (79 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion multidens Day, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Diacope sparus Temminck & Schlegel, 1842)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pristipomoides multidens)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion multidens Day, 1871)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Diacope sparus Temminck & Schlegel, 1842)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristipomoides sparus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842))
To GenBank (166 nucleotides; 111 proteins) (from synonym Mesoprion multidens Day, 1871)
To GenBank (166 nucleotides; 111 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pristipomoides multidens USNM 403240 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pristipomoides multidens USNM 403251 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion multidens Day, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Diacope sparus Temminck & Schlegel, 1842)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pristipomoides multidens)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion multidens Day, 1871)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Diacope sparus Temminck & Schlegel, 1842)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristipomoides sparus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842))
To GenBank (166 nucleotides; 111 proteins) (from synonym Mesoprion multidens Day, 1871)
To GenBank (166 nucleotides; 111 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pristipomoides multidens USNM 403240 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pristipomoides multidens USNM 403251 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
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