WoRMS taxon details
Rhabdosargus thorpei Smith, 1979
218623 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218623)
accepted
Species
Smith, M. M. (1979). Rhabdosargus thorpei, a new sparid fish from South Africa, with a key to the species of Rhabdosargus. <em>Copeia.</em> 1979 (4): 702-709., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1443880 [details]
Description Shoals congregate in rivers and many enter estuaries. Feeds on worms, crustaceans and particularly molluscs. Sold fresh in...
Description Shoals congregate in rivers and many enter estuaries. Feeds on worms, crustaceans and particularly molluscs. Sold fresh in markets. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Rhabdosargus thorpei Smith, 1979. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218623 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Smith, M. M. (1979). Rhabdosargus thorpei, a new sparid fish from South Africa, with a key to the species of Rhabdosargus. <em>Copeia.</em> 1979 (4): 702-709., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1443880 [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
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Description Shoals congregate in rivers and many enter estuaries. Feeds on worms, crustaceans and particularly molluscs. Sold fresh in markets. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | bigeye stumpnose | [details] |
