WoRMS taxon details
Pterocaesio tessellata Carpenter, 1987
278945 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:278945)
accepted
Species
Pterocaesio tesselata Carpenter, 1987 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pterocaesio tessellate Carpenter, 1987 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pterocaesio tessellatus Carpenter, 1987 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Carpenter, K. E. (1987). Revision of the Indo-Pacific fish family Caesionidae (Lutjanoidea), with descriptions of five new species. <em>Indo-Pacific Fishes.</em> No. 15: 1-56, Pls. 1-7. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pterocaesio tessellata Carpenter, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278945 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Carpenter, K. E. (1987). Revision of the Indo-Pacific fish family Caesionidae (Lutjanoidea), with descriptions of five new species. <em>Indo-Pacific Fishes.</em> No. 15: 1-56, Pls. 1-7. [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 (17 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pterocaesio tessellata)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pterocaesio tesselata Carpenter, 1987)
To FishBase (from synonym Pterocaesio tessellatus Carpenter, 1987)
To FishBase (from synonym Pterocaesio tessellate Carpenter, 1987)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pterocaesio tessalata USNM 403138 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pterocaesio tessellata USNM 403101 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pterocaesio tessellata)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pterocaesio tesselata Carpenter, 1987)
To FishBase (from synonym Pterocaesio tessellatus Carpenter, 1987)
To FishBase (from synonym Pterocaesio tessellate Carpenter, 1987)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pterocaesio tessalata USNM 403138 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pterocaesio tessellata USNM 403101 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
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