WoRMS taxon details

Centrolophus niger (Gmelin, 1789)

To FishBase images (<i>Centrolophus niger</i>, Italy, by De Sanctis, A.)
To FishBase images (Centrolophus niger, Italy, by De Sanctis, A.)

126831  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126831)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Scombriformes (Order)
  11. Centrolophidae (Family)
  12. Centrolophus (Genus)
  13. Centrolophus niger (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Perca nigra Gmelin, 1789) Gmelin, J.F. (1789). Amphibia - Pisces. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(3). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 1033-1516. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25749426 [details] 
Distribution Antitropical. North Atlantic (Nova Scotia and Grand Banks in Canada to Massachusetts, USA in the northwest Atlantic) and...  
Distribution Antitropical. North Atlantic (Nova Scotia and Grand Banks in Canada to Massachusetts, USA in the northwest Atlantic) and Mediterranean [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Centrolophus niger (Gmelin, 1789). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126831 on 2025-05-03
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Perca nigra Gmelin, 1789) Gmelin, J.F. (1789). Amphibia - Pisces. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(3). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 1033-1516. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25749426 [details] 

original description (of Centrolophus morio Cuvier, 1833) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517
page(s): 342 [details] 

original description (of Coryphaena pompilus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Centrolophodes irvini Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1923) Gilchrist, J. D. F.; von Bonde C. (1923). The Stromateidae (butter-fishes) collected by the S. S. "Pickle.". <em>Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa Spec. Rep.</em> no. 4: 1-12, Pls. 17-19. [details] 

original description (of Gymnocephalus messanensis Cocco, 1829) Cocco, A. (1829). Su di alcuni nuovi pesci de' mari di Messina. <em>Giornale di Scienze Lettere e Arti per La Sicilia.</em> Anno 7, v. 26 (no. 77): 138-147.
page(s): 142 [details] 

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [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] OpenAccess publication

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details] 

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] 

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details] 

additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

additional source Lacepède, B.G.E. (1802). Histoire naturelle des poissons: IV. <em>chez Plassan: Paris, France.</em> v. 4: i-xliv + 1-728, Pl. 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705733
page(s): 441 [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
Authority Centrolophus niger (Gmelin, 1788) [details]

Authority Lacepède, 1802 [details]

Diet Appears to feed on whatever is available, small fish, squid, large pelagic crustaceans, and other plankton  [details]

Distribution Antitropical. North Atlantic (Nova Scotia and Grand Banks in Canada to Massachusetts, USA in the northwest Atlantic) and Mediterranean [details]

Habitat an oceanic, epi- or mesopelagic species  [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]

Importance Social- Gamefish [details]
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Albanian murroku  [details]
Danish almindelig sortfisk  [details]
Dutch zwarte vis  [details]
English blackfishblack ruffblack fish  [details]
French centrolophe noir  [details]
German Schwartzfisch  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Μαυρόψαρο  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål svartfisk  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk svartfisk  [details]
Swedish svartfisk  [details]
Turkish kara balik  [details]
Welsh pysgodyn du  [details]
To Barcode of Life (27 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Centrolophodes irvini Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Acentrolophus maculosus Nardo, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Coryphaena pompilus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (135 publications) (from synonym Centrolophus pompilus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Centrolophus liparis Risso, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Centrolophus maoricus Ogilby, 1893)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Centrolophus morio Cuvier, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Centrolophus valenciennesi Moreau, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gymnocephalus messanensis Cocco, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Perca nigra Gmelin, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Schedophilus elongatus Johnson, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Mupus bifasciatus Smith, 1961)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (84 publications) 
To Dyntaxa 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Centrolophus niger) 
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Perca nigra Gmelin, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Centrolophus maoricus Ogilby, 1893)
To FishBase (from synonym Centrolophus liparis Risso, 1827)
To FishBase (from synonym Coryphaena pompilus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Schedophilus elongatus Johnson, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Centrolophus valenciennesi Moreau, 1881)
To FishBase (from synonym Centrolophus morio Cuvier, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Acentrolophus maculosus Nardo, 1827)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnocephalus messanensis Cocco, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Centrolophodes irvini Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1923)
To FishBase (from synonym Mupus bifasciatus Smith, 1961)
To FishBase (from synonym Centrolophodes irwini Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1923)
To FishBase (from synonym Centrolophus pompilus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase images (Centrolophus niger, Italy, by De Sanctis, A.) 
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 13 proteins) 
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Perca nigra Gmelin, 1789)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To PESI 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
To FishBase images (<i>Centrolophus niger</i>, Italy, by De Sanctis, A.)
To FishBase images (Centrolophus niger, Italy, by De Sanctis, A.)
Hosted externally
Unreviewed
Centrolophus niger (Gmelin, 1789)
Centrolophus niger (Gmelin, 1789)
Centrolophus niger (Gmelin, 1789)
Centrolophus niger (Gmelin, 1789)
Poll (1947, fig. 206)
Poll (1947, fig. 206)