WoRMS taxon details
Brachydeuterus auritus (Valenciennes, 1832)
126943 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126943)
accepted
Species
Larimus auritus Valenciennes, 1832 · unaccepted
Otoperca aurita (Valenciennes, 1832) · unaccepted
Pristipoma macrophthalmus Bleeker, 1863 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Larimus auritus Valenciennes, 1832) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1832). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome huitième. Livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 8: i-xix + 5 pp. + 1-509, Pls. 209-245. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-470; Valenciennes 471-509. Date of 1831 on title page. i-xv + 1-375 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Brachydeuterus auritus (Valenciennes, 1832). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126943 on 2026-05-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Larimus auritus Valenciennes, 1832) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1832). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome huitième. Livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 8: i-xix + 5 pp. + 1-509, Pls. 209-245. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-470; Valenciennes 471-509. Date of 1831 on title page. i-xv + 1-375 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
original description (of Pristipoma macrophthalmus Bleeker, 1863) Bleeker, P. (1863). Mémoire sur les poissons de la côte de Guinée. <em>Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2).</em> v. 18 (1862): 1-136, Pls. 1-28.
page(s): 52, Pl. 12 (fig. 1) [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]
original description (of Pristipoma macrophthalmus Bleeker, 1863) Bleeker, P. (1863). Mémoire sur les poissons de la côte de Guinée. <em>Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2).</em> v. 18 (1862): 1-136, Pls. 1-28.
page(s): 52, Pl. 12 (fig. 1) [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] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | bigeye grunt | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Larimus auritus Valenciennes, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Otoperca aurita (Valenciennes, 1832))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Pristipoma macrophthalmus Bleeker, 1863)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brachydeuterus auritus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Otoperca aurita (Valenciennes, 1832))
To FishBase (from synonym Pristipoma macrophthalmus Bleeker, 1863)
To FishBase (from synonym Larimus auritus Valenciennes, 1832)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Larimus auritus Valenciennes, 1832)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Otoperca aurita (Valenciennes, 1832))
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Larimus auritus Valenciennes, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Otoperca aurita (Valenciennes, 1832))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Pristipoma macrophthalmus Bleeker, 1863)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brachydeuterus auritus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Otoperca aurita (Valenciennes, 1832))
To FishBase (from synonym Pristipoma macrophthalmus Bleeker, 1863)
To FishBase (from synonym Larimus auritus Valenciennes, 1832)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Larimus auritus Valenciennes, 1832)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Otoperca aurita (Valenciennes, 1832))
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To PESI
To ITIS
