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WoRMS taxon detailsGnathanodon speciosus (Forsskål, 1775)
218429 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218429)
accepted
Species
Caranx cives De Vis, 1884 · unaccepted
Caranx edentulus Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877 · unaccepted
Caranx panamensis Gill, 1863 · unaccepted
Caranx speciosus (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted
Gnathandon speciosus (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Gnathanodon specious (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Gnathodon speciosus (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Gnathonodon speciosus (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Scomber speciosus Forsskål, 1775 · unaccepted
marine,
(of Scomber speciosus Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 54, xii [details] 
Description Forms schools. Occurs in deep lagoons and seaward reefs where they feed by rooting for crustaceans and other invertebrates...
Description Forms schools. Occurs in deep lagoons and seaward reefs where they feed by rooting for crustaceans and other invertebrates in the sand. Also feeds on small fishes. Juveniles are often found on reefs (Ref. 9283). It is noted for its behaviour to closely swim around other large fish, but also following divers (Ref. 10361).The species in never toxic (Ref. 4795). Marketed fresh and salted/dried (Ref.9283). Juveniles are used in the aquarium trade. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Gnathanodon speciosus (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218429 on 2025-05-09
Date action by
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Caranx cives De Vis, 1884) De Vis, C. W. (1884). New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 3. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 9 (pt 3): 537-547. page(s): 540 [details] original description (of Scomber speciosus Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 page(s): 54, xii [details] original description (of Caranx edentulus Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877) Alleyne, H. G.; Macleay, W. (1877). The ichthyology of the Chevert expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 1 (pts 3-4): 261-281, 321-359, Pls. 3-9, 10-17. [Pp. 261-281, Pls. 3-9 published Feb. 1877; pp. 321-359, Pls. 10-17 published Mar. 1877.]. [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] 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 (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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  [request] Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Forms schools. Occurs in deep lagoons and seaward reefs where they feed by rooting for crustaceans and other invertebrates in the sand. Also feeds on small fishes. Juveniles are often found on reefs (Ref. 9283). It is noted for its behaviour to closely swim around other large fish, but also following divers (Ref. 10361).The species in never toxic (Ref. 4795). Marketed fresh and salted/dried (Ref.9283). Juveniles are used in the aquarium trade. [details]
To Barcode of Life (70 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (105 publications) (from synonym Caranx speciosus (Forsskål, 1775)) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Caranx cives De Vis, 1884) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gnathodon speciosus (Forsskål, 1775)) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications) (from synonym Scomber speciosus Forsskål, 1775) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (63 publications) (from synonym Caranx edentulus Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Caranx panamensis Gill, 1863) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gnathanodon speciosus) To FishBase (from synonym Caranx edentulus Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877) To FishBase (from synonym Caranx speciosus (Forsskål, 1775)) To FishBase To FishBase (from synonym Caranx panamensis Gill, 1863) To FishBase (from synonym Caranx cives De Vis, 1884) To FishBase (from synonym Scomber speciosus Forsskål, 1775) To FishBase (from synonym Gnathonodon speciosus (Forsskål, 1775)) To FishBase (from synonym Gnathandon speciosus (Forsskål, 1775)) To FishBase (from synonym Gnathodon speciosus (Forsskål, 1775)) To FishBase images (Gnathanodon speciosus, by Randall, J.E.) To Fishipedia To GenBank (120 nucleotides; 106 proteins) To GenBank (120 nucleotides; 106 proteins) (from synonym Scomber speciosus Forsskål, 1775) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) To NMNH Extant Collection (Caranx panamensis RAD117254-001) (from synonym Caranx panamensis Gill, 1863) To NMNH Extant Collection (Caranx panamensis RAD117254-001) (from synonym Caranx panamensis Gill, 1863) To NMNH Extant Collection (Gnathanodon speciosus RAD117253-001) To NMNH Extant Collection (Gnathanodon speciosus RAD117256-001) (from synonym Caranx speciosus (Forsskål, 1775)) To NMNH Extant Collection (Gnathanodon speciosus RAD117257-001) To ITIS |
