WoRMS taxon details
Uraspis uraspis (Günther, 1860)
218448 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218448)
accepted
Species
Caranx guptae Chaudhuri, 1909 · unaccepted
Caranx uraspis Günther, 1860 · unaccepted
Leucoglossa herklotsi Herre, 1932 · unaccepted
Uraspis carangoides Bleeker, 1855 · unaccepted
Uraspis pectoralis Fowler, 1938 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Caranx uraspis Günther, 1860) Günther, A. (1860). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae. <em>British Museum London.</em> v. 2: i-xxi + 1-548. [details]
Description Occurs in the continental shelf (Ref. 7300). Forms schools in depths from 50 to at least 130 m.
Description Occurs in the continental shelf (Ref. 7300). Forms schools in depths from 50 to at least 130 m. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Uraspis uraspis (Günther, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218448 on 2025-09-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Caranx guptae Chaudhuri, 1909) Chaudhuri, B. L. (1909). Description of two new species of Caranx from the Bay of Bengal. <em>Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta).</em> v. 3 (pt 2) (art. 7): 141-143. [details]
original description (of Caranx uraspis Günther, 1860) Günther, A. (1860). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae. <em>British Museum London.</em> v. 2: i-xxi + 1-548. [details]
original description (of Uraspis carangoides Bleeker, 1855) Bleeker, P. (1855). Zesde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Amboina. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 8 (no. 3): 391-434. [details]
original description (of Uraspis pectoralis Fowler, 1938) Fowler, H. W. (1938). Descriptions of new fishes obtained by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross", chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 85 (3032): 31-135. [details]
original description (of Leucoglossa herklotsi Herre, 1932) Herre, A. W. C. T. (1932). Leucoglossa herklotsi Herre, new species. <em>Hong Kong Naturalist.</em> v. 3 (no. 2): 151. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Caranx uraspis Günther, 1860) Günther, A. (1860). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae. <em>British Museum London.</em> v. 2: i-xxi + 1-548. [details]
original description (of Uraspis carangoides Bleeker, 1855) Bleeker, P. (1855). Zesde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Amboina. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 8 (no. 3): 391-434. [details]
original description (of Uraspis pectoralis Fowler, 1938) Fowler, H. W. (1938). Descriptions of new fishes obtained by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross", chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 85 (3032): 31-135. [details]
original description (of Leucoglossa herklotsi Herre, 1932) Herre, A. W. C. T. (1932). Leucoglossa herklotsi Herre, new species. <em>Hong Kong Naturalist.</em> v. 3 (no. 2): 151. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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] 
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Occurs in the continental shelf (Ref. 7300). Forms schools in depths from 50 to at least 130 m. [details]
To Barcode of Life (49 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Caranx guptae Chaudhuri, 1909)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Uraspis pectoralis Fowler, 1938)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Uraspis carangoides Bleeker, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Caranx uraspis Günther, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Uraspis uraspis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx guptae Chaudhuri, 1909)
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx uraspis Günther, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Uraspis pectoralis Fowler, 1938)
To FishBase (from synonym Uraspis carangoides Bleeker, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Leucoglossa herklotsi Herre, 1932)
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 52 proteins) (from synonym Caranx uraspis Günther, 1860)
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 52 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Uraspis pectoralis P15879 illustration) (from synonym Uraspis pectoralis Fowler, 1938)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Caranx guptae Chaudhuri, 1909)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Uraspis pectoralis Fowler, 1938)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Uraspis carangoides Bleeker, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Caranx uraspis Günther, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Uraspis uraspis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx guptae Chaudhuri, 1909)
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx uraspis Günther, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Uraspis pectoralis Fowler, 1938)
To FishBase (from synonym Uraspis carangoides Bleeker, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Leucoglossa herklotsi Herre, 1932)
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 52 proteins) (from synonym Caranx uraspis Günther, 1860)
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 52 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Uraspis pectoralis P15879 illustration) (from synonym Uraspis pectoralis Fowler, 1938)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
