WoRMS name details
Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957)
218080 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218080)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Pterois mambassae (Smith, 1957) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Pterois mombassae (Smith, 1957) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pteropterus mombasae Smith, 1957) Smith, J. L. B. (1957). The fishes of the family Scorpaenidae in the western Indian Ocean. Pt. II. The subfamilies Pteroinae, Apistinae, Setarchinae and Sebastinae. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> No. 5: 75-87, Pls. 5-6. [details]
Description Rare. Found apparently on deeper reefs over rocky bottoms. Sold fresh in small quantities in markets.
Description Rare. Found apparently on deeper reefs over rocky bottoms. Sold fresh in small quantities in markets. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218080 on 2026-04-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pteropterus mombasae Smith, 1957) Smith, J. L. B. (1957). The fishes of the family Scorpaenidae in the western Indian Ocean. Pt. II. The subfamilies Pteroinae, Apistinae, Setarchinae and Sebastinae. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> No. 5: 75-87, Pls. 5-6. [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]
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
Unreviewed
Description Rare. Found apparently on deeper reefs over rocky bottoms. Sold fresh in small quantities in markets. [details]
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pterois mombasae)
To FishBase (from synonym Pterois mambassae (Smith, 1957))
To FishBase (from synonym Pterois mombassae (Smith, 1957))
To FishBase
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pterois antennata USNM 392530 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pterois mombasae FIN033368 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pterois mombasae)
To FishBase (from synonym Pterois mambassae (Smith, 1957))
To FishBase (from synonym Pterois mombassae (Smith, 1957))
To FishBase
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pterois antennata USNM 392530 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pterois mombasae FIN033368 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
