WoRMS

WoRMS name details

Pterois sphex Jordan & Evermann, 1903

AphiaID

276269 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276269)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Pteropterus sphex (Jordan & Evermann, 1903)

Rank

Species

Parent

Pterois Oken, 1817

Original name

Pterois sphex Jordan & Evermann, 1903

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Jordan, D. S.; Evermann B. W. (1903). Descriptions of new genera and species of fishes from the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission. v. 22 (1902): 161-208. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pterois sphex Jordan & Evermann, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276269 on 2026-07-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2008-04-07 06:51:33Z

changed

Decock, Wim

2009-06-16 07:05:49Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2017-07-04 08:16:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2017-07-17 06:54:56Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2017-08-18 10:28:24Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2026-04-14 23:47:01Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Jordan, D. S.; Evermann B. W. (1903). Descriptions of new genera and species of fishes from the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission. v. 22 (1902): 161-208. [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. Scientific Data. 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]