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WoRMS taxon detailsApogon maculatus (Poey, 1860)
159589 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159589)
accepted
Species
Apogon sellicauda Evermann & Marsh, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Monoprion maculatus Poey, 1860 · unaccepted
marine,
(of Monoprion maculatus Poey, 1860) Poey, F. (1858-1861). Memorias sobra la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompañadas de sumarios Latinos y extractos en Francés. 2: 1-96 (1858), 97-336 (1860), 337-442 (1861), pls. 1-19; La Habana ["1856-1858"]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2513061 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Woods Hole to Bermuda, Bahamas, and Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Larvae stray into Canadian waters
Distribution Western Atlantic: Woods Hole to Bermuda, Bahamas, and Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Larvae stray into Canadian waters [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Apogon maculatus (Poey, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159589 on 2025-06-27
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Monoprion maculatus Poey, 1860) Poey, F. (1858-1861). Memorias sobra la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompañadas de sumarios Latinos y extractos en Francés. 2: 1-96 (1858), 97-336 (1860), 337-442 (1861), pls. 1-19; La Habana ["1856-1858"]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2513061 [details] original description (of Apogon sellicauda Evermann & Marsh, 1900) Evermann, B. W.; Marsh M. C. (1900). The fishes of Porto Rico. <em>Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> v. 20 (pt 1) [for 1900]: 49-350, Pls. 1-49. [Special printing as a separate in 1900 to which it dates; published in 1902 in Bulletin; see p. xiii in Bull. U.S. Fish Comm., v. 20.]. [details] basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details] Ecologyecology 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]  Othercontext source (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [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). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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: Woods Hole to Bermuda, Bahamas, and Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Larvae stray into Canadian waters [details]Habitat Commonly found along sea walls and pilings, in harbors, and coral reefs. A nocturnal species, it remains hidden in cracks and crevices during the day. [details] Habitat nektonic [details] Importance Social- aquarium fish [details] Reproduction Males with eggs have been spotted in Bahamas in June and July [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Monoprion maculatus Poey, 1860) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Apogon maculatus) To FishBase To FishBase (from synonym Monoprion maculatus Poey, 1860) To FishBase images (Apogon maculatus, Barbados, by Randall, J.E.) To FishSounds To GenBank (127 nucleotides; 137 proteins) To GenBank (127 nucleotides; 137 proteins) (from synonym Monoprion maculatus Poey, 1860) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) To NMNH Extant Collection (Apogon maculatus RAD105365-001) To NMNH Extant Collection (Apogon maculatus USNM 401896 photograph lateral view) To ITIS |
