WoRMS taxon details
Pteropterus mombasae Smith, 1957
313250 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:313250)
accepted
Species
Pterois mambassae (Smith, 1957) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pterois mombassae (Smith, 1957) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pteropterus mombasae Smith, 1957. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=313250 on 2026-06-07
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Nomenclature
original description
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes) (from synonym Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pterois mombasae) (from synonym Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957))
To FishBase (from synonym Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pterois mambassae (Smith, 1957))
To FishBase (from synonym Pterois mombassae (Smith, 1957))
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pterois antennata USNM 392530 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pterois mombasae FIN033368 Slide 120 mm) (from synonym Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pterois mombasae) (from synonym Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957))
To FishBase (from synonym Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pterois mambassae (Smith, 1957))
To FishBase (from synonym Pterois mombassae (Smith, 1957))
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pterois antennata USNM 392530 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pterois mombasae FIN033368 Slide 120 mm) (from synonym Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957))
