WoRMS taxon details
Upeneus parvus Poey, 1852
159422 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159422)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Poey, F. (1851-1854). Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompañadas de sumarios Latinos y extractos en Francés. <em>La Habana.</em> v. 1: 1-463, Pls. 1-34. [publication dates following Norman, 1938: 1-40, pls 1-8 (Nov 1851); 40-120, pls 9-14 (Apr 1852); 121-200, pls 15-22 (Oct 1852); 201-280, pls 23-30 (May 1853); 281-463, pls 31-34 (Jun 1854)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2525137 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA and Puerto Rico to Vittorio, Brazil; not occurring in the Bahamas. Also absent from...
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA and Puerto Rico to Vittorio, Brazil; not occurring in the Bahamas. Also absent from Bermuda, and west Caribbean [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Upeneus parvus Poey, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159422 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Poey, F. (1851-1854). Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompañadas de sumarios Latinos y extractos en Francés. <em>La Habana.</em> v. 1: 1-463, Pls. 1-34. [publication dates following Norman, 1938: 1-40, pls 1-8 (Nov 1851); 40-120, pls 9-14 (Apr 1852); 121-200, pls 15-22 (Oct 1852); 201-280, pls 23-30 (May 1853); 281-463, pls 31-34 (Jun 1854)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2525137 [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [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
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
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]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
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
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA and Puerto Rico to Vittorio, Brazil; not occurring in the Bahamas. Also absent from Bermuda, and west Caribbean [details]Habitat benthic [details]
To Barcode of Life (25 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Upeneus parvus)
To FishBase
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 40 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Upeneus parvus RAD111093-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Upeneus parvus RAD111093-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Upeneus parvus)
To FishBase
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 40 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Upeneus parvus RAD111093-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Upeneus parvus RAD111093-001)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
