WoRMS taxon details
Stellifer stellifer (Bloch, 1790)
276169 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276169)
accepted
Species
Bodianus stellifer Bloch, 1790 · unaccepted
Corvina trispinosa Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted
Stellifer mindii Meek & Hildebrand, 1925 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Bodianus stellifer Bloch, 1790) Bloch, M. E. (1790). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 4: i-xii + 1-128, Pls. 217-252. [Also a French edition, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons, v. 7, published 1797.].
page(s): 55, Pl. 231 (fig. 1) [details]
page(s): 55, Pl. 231 (fig. 1) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Stellifer stellifer (Bloch, 1790). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276169 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bodianus stellifer Bloch, 1790) Bloch, M. E. (1790). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 4: i-xii + 1-128, Pls. 217-252. [Also a French edition, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons, v. 7, published 1797.].
page(s): 55, Pl. 231 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Stellifer mindii Meek & Hildebrand, 1925) Meek, S. E.; Hildebrand, S. F. (1925). The marine fishes of Panama. Part II. <em>Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series.</em> 15 (publ. 226): i-xix + 331-707, Pls. 25-71. [details]
original description (of Corvina trispinosa Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 109 [details]
page(s): 55, Pl. 231 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Stellifer mindii Meek & Hildebrand, 1925) Meek, S. E.; Hildebrand, S. F. (1925). The marine fishes of Panama. Part II. <em>Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series.</em> 15 (publ. 226): i-xix + 331-707, Pls. 25-71. [details]
original description (of Corvina trispinosa Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 109 [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 (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Corvina trispinosa Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Bodianus stellifer Bloch, 1790)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Stellifer mindii Meek & Hildebrand, 1925)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stellifer stellifer)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Corvina trispinosa Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Bodianus stellifer Bloch, 1790)
To FishBase (from synonym Stellifer mindii Meek & Hildebrand, 1925)
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 30 proteins)
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 30 proteins) (from synonym Bodianus stellifer Bloch, 1790)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Corvina trispinosa Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Bodianus stellifer Bloch, 1790)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Stellifer mindii Meek & Hildebrand, 1925)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stellifer stellifer)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Corvina trispinosa Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Bodianus stellifer Bloch, 1790)
To FishBase (from synonym Stellifer mindii Meek & Hildebrand, 1925)
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 30 proteins)
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 30 proteins) (from synonym Bodianus stellifer Bloch, 1790)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
