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Polysteganus coeruleopunctatus (Klunzinger, 1870)

218614  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218614)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Dentex coeruleopunctatus Klunzinger, 1870) Klunzinger, C. B. (1870). Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. I. Theil. Percoiden-Mugiloiden. <em>Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> v. 20: 669-834. [details] 
Description Occurs mainly in deep waters around reefs. Carnivorous predator. Not of any great commercial importance in South Africa,...  
Description Occurs mainly in deep waters around reefs. Carnivorous predator. Not of any great commercial importance in South Africa, but taken by line fishermen and ski-boat anglers. Sold fresh in markets. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Polysteganus coeruleopunctatus (Klunzinger, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218614 on 2025-05-19
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed

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Nomenclature

original description (of Dentex coeruleopunctatus Klunzinger, 1870) Klunzinger, C. B. (1870). Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. I. Theil. Percoiden-Mugiloiden. <em>Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> v. 20: 669-834. [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] 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] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description Occurs mainly in deep waters around reefs. Carnivorous predator. Not of any great commercial importance in South Africa, but taken by line fishermen and ski-boat anglers. Sold fresh in markets. [details]
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English blueskin seabream  [details]