WoRMS taxon details
Pseudotolithus senegalensis (Valenciennes, 1833)
127008 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127008)
accepted
Species
Otolithus macroganathus (Bleeker, 1863) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Otolithus macrognathus (Bleeker, 1863) · unaccepted
Otolithus senegalensis Valenciennes, 1833 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pseudotolithus macrognathus Bleeker, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sciaena dux Bowdich, 1825 · unaccepted
Sciaena senegalensis (Valenciennes, 1833) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Otolithus senegalensis 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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pseudotolithus senegalensis (Valenciennes, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127008 on 2026-05-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pseudotolithus macrognathus 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): 61, Pl. 13 (fig. 2) [details]
original description (of Otolithus senegalensis 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]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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]
page(s): 61, Pl. 13 (fig. 2) [details]
original description (of Otolithus senegalensis 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]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Otolithus senegalensis Valenciennes, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Sciaena senegalensis (Valenciennes, 1833))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pseudotolithus macrognathus Bleeker, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Otolithus macrognathus (Bleeker, 1863))
To FishBase (from synonym Otolithus senegalensis Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Otolithus macroganathus (Bleeker, 1863))
To FishBase (from synonym Sciaena dux Bowdich, 1825)
To FishBase (from synonym Sciaena senegalensis (Valenciennes, 1833))
To FishBase (from synonym Otolithus macrognathus (Bleeker, 1863))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudotolithus macrognathus Bleeker, 1863)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 38 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Otolithus senegalensis Valenciennes, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Sciaena senegalensis (Valenciennes, 1833))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pseudotolithus macrognathus Bleeker, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Otolithus macrognathus (Bleeker, 1863))
To FishBase (from synonym Otolithus senegalensis Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Otolithus macroganathus (Bleeker, 1863))
To FishBase (from synonym Sciaena dux Bowdich, 1825)
To FishBase (from synonym Sciaena senegalensis (Valenciennes, 1833))
To FishBase (from synonym Otolithus macrognathus (Bleeker, 1863))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudotolithus macrognathus Bleeker, 1863)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 38 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To PESI
To ITIS
