WoRMS taxon details
Cynoscion nebulosus (Cuvier, 1830)
159312 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159312)
accepted
Species
Otolithus carolinensis Valenciennes, 1833 · unaccepted
Otolithus nebulosus Cuvier, 1830 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Otolithus nebulosus Cuvier, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome cinquième. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. v. 5: i-xxviii + 1-499 + 4 pp., Pls. 100-140. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xx + 1-374 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 79 [details]
page(s): 79 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: New York to southern Florida in USA and the entire Gulf of Mexico.
Distribution Western Atlantic: New York to southern Florida in USA and the entire Gulf of Mexico. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cynoscion nebulosus (Cuvier, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159312 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Otolithus carolinensis Valenciennes, 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 [details]
original description (of Otolithus nebulosus Cuvier, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome cinquième. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. v. 5: i-xxviii + 1-499 + 4 pp., Pls. 100-140. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xx + 1-374 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 79 [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
original description (of Otolithus nebulosus Cuvier, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome cinquième. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. v. 5: i-xxviii + 1-499 + 4 pp., Pls. 100-140. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xx + 1-374 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 79 [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [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
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]
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
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species impact Chinese part of the Yellow Sea (Marine Region) Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details]Introduced species impact Chinese part of the Eastern China Sea (Marine Region) Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese part of the Yellow Sea (Marine Region) Aquaculture [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese part of the Eastern China Sea (Marine Region) Aquaculture [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: New York to southern Florida in USA and the entire Gulf of Mexico. [details]Habitat benthic [details]
To Barcode of Life (33 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Otolithus nebulosus Cuvier, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (123 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Otolithus carolinensis Valenciennes, 1833)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cynoscion nebulosus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Otolithus carolinensis Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Otolithus nebulosus Cuvier, 1830)
To FishBase images (Cynoscion nebulosus, by Flescher, D.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (433 nucleotides; 55 proteins)
To GenBank (433 nucleotides; 55 proteins) (from synonym Otolithus nebulosus Cuvier, 1830)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Otolithus nebulosus Cuvier, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (123 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Otolithus carolinensis Valenciennes, 1833)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cynoscion nebulosus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Otolithus carolinensis Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Otolithus nebulosus Cuvier, 1830)
To FishBase images (Cynoscion nebulosus, by Flescher, D.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (433 nucleotides; 55 proteins)
To GenBank (433 nucleotides; 55 proteins) (from synonym Otolithus nebulosus Cuvier, 1830)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
