WoRMS taxon details
Ptarmus jubatus (Smith, 1935)
218131 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218131)
accepted
Species
Coccotropus jubatus Smith, 1935 · unaccepted
Ptarmus languidus Smith, 1947 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Coccotropus jubatus Smith, 1935) Smith, J. L. B. (1935). New and little known fishes from South Africa. <em>Records of the Albany Museum Grahamstown.</em> v. 4: 169-235, Pls. 18-23. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Ptarmus jubatus (Smith, 1935). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218131 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ptarmus languidus Smith, 1947) Smith, J. L. B. (1947). New species and new records of fishes from South Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 11).</em> v. 13 (no. 108) (art. 77): 793-821. [details]
original description (of Coccotropus jubatus Smith, 1935) Smith, J. L. B. (1935). New and little known fishes from South Africa. <em>Records of the Albany Museum Grahamstown.</em> v. 4: 169-235, Pls. 18-23. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Coccotropus jubatus Smith, 1935) Smith, J. L. B. (1935). New and little known fishes from South Africa. <em>Records of the Albany Museum Grahamstown.</em> v. 4: 169-235, Pls. 18-23. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | crested scorpionfish | [details] |
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ptarmus languidus Smith, 1947)
To FishBase (from synonym Coccotropus jubatus Smith, 1935)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
To FishBase (from synonym Ptarmus languidus Smith, 1947)
To FishBase (from synonym Coccotropus jubatus Smith, 1935)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
