WoRMS taxon details
Trachinotus teraia Cuvier, 1832
273299 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273299)
accepted
Species
Trachinotus martini Steindachner, 1870 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1832). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome huitième. Livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 8: i-xix + 5 pp. + 1-509, Pls. 209-245. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-470; Valenciennes 471-509. Date of 1831 on title page. i-xv + 1-375 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Trachinotus teraia Cuvier, 1832. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273299 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1832). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome huitième. Livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 8: i-xix + 5 pp. + 1-509, Pls. 209-245. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-470; Valenciennes 471-509. Date of 1831 on title page. i-xv + 1-375 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
original description (of Trachinotus martini Steindachner, 1870) Steindachner, F. (1870). Zur Fischfauna des Senegal. Zweite Abtheilung. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 60 (1. Abth.): 945-995, Pls. 1-8. [ Also as a separate pp. 1-51, Pls. 1-8.]. [details]
original description (of Trachinotus martini Steindachner, 1870) Steindachner, F. (1870). Zur Fischfauna des Senegal. Zweite Abtheilung. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 60 (1. Abth.): 945-995, Pls. 1-8. [ Also as a separate pp. 1-51, Pls. 1-8.]. [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 (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Trachinotus martini Steindachner, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Trachinotus teraia)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Trachinotus martini Steindachner, 1870)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Trachinotus teraia RAD117754-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Trachinotus teraia RAD117755-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Trachinotus martini Steindachner, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Trachinotus teraia)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Trachinotus martini Steindachner, 1870)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Trachinotus teraia RAD117754-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Trachinotus teraia RAD117755-001)
To ITIS
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