WoRMS taxon details
Umbrina canariensis Valenciennes, 1843
127011 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127011)
accepted
Species
Sciaena sinuata (Day, 1876) · unaccepted
Umbrina lafonti Moreau, 1874 · unaccepted
Umbrina sinuata Day, 1876 · unaccepted
Umbrina striata Boulenger, 1888 · unaccepted
Umbrina valida Jordan & Gunn, 1898 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Valenciennes, A. (1837-1844). Ichthyologie des îles Canaries, ou histoire naturelle des poissons rapportés par Webb & Berthelot. <em>In: P. B. Webb & S. Berthelot. Histoire naturelle des îles Canaries. Paris.</em> v. 2 (pt 2): 1-109, 26 pls. [details]
Description Found in mud and sandy bottoms of the shelf and upper slope. Feeds on small shrimps, worms and other bottom invertebrates...
Description Found in mud and sandy bottoms of the shelf and upper slope. Feeds on small shrimps, worms and other bottom invertebrates (Ref. 4780). Sold fresh and dried salted in markets (Ref. 3490). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Umbrina canariensis Valenciennes, 1843. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127011 on 2026-04-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Valenciennes, A. (1837-1844). Ichthyologie des îles Canaries, ou histoire naturelle des poissons rapportés par Webb & Berthelot. <em>In: P. B. Webb & S. Berthelot. Histoire naturelle des îles Canaries. Paris.</em> v. 2 (pt 2): 1-109, 26 pls. [details]
original description (of Umbrina lafonti Moreau, 1874) Moreau, É. (1874). Poissons de France. Notes sur quelques espèces nouvelles des côtes de l'océan. (With subtitles.). <em>Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Sér. 3).</em> v. 2: 115-119, Pls. 14-15. [details]
original description (of Umbrina sinuata Day, 1876) Day, F. (1876). The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to Inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Part 2: 169-368, Pls. 41-78.
page(s): 182, Pl. 46 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Umbrina striata Boulenger, 1888) Boulenger, G. A. (1888). An account of the fishes obtained by Surgeon-Major A. S. G. Jayakar at Muscat, east coast of Arabia. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1887.</em> (pt 4): 653-667, Pl. 54.
page(s): 660 [details]
original description (of Umbrina valida Jordan & Gunn, 1898) Jordan, D. S.; Gunn, J. A. Jr. (1898). List of fishes collected at the Canary Islands by Mr. O. F. Cook, with descriptions of four new species. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 50: 339-347. [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 Umbrina lafonti Moreau, 1874) Moreau, É. (1874). Poissons de France. Notes sur quelques espèces nouvelles des côtes de l'océan. (With subtitles.). <em>Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Sér. 3).</em> v. 2: 115-119, Pls. 14-15. [details]
original description (of Umbrina sinuata Day, 1876) Day, F. (1876). The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to Inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Part 2: 169-368, Pls. 41-78.
page(s): 182, Pl. 46 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Umbrina striata Boulenger, 1888) Boulenger, G. A. (1888). An account of the fishes obtained by Surgeon-Major A. S. G. Jayakar at Muscat, east coast of Arabia. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1887.</em> (pt 4): 653-667, Pl. 54.
page(s): 660 [details]
original description (of Umbrina valida Jordan & Gunn, 1898) Jordan, D. S.; Gunn, J. A. Jr. (1898). List of fishes collected at the Canary Islands by Mr. O. F. Cook, with descriptions of four new species. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 50: 339-347. [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
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 11(3): 697-711., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9284-4 [details] Available for editors
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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]
additional source Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 11(3): 697-711., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9284-4 [details] Available for editors
[request]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
Unreviewed
Description Found in mud and sandy bottoms of the shelf and upper slope. Feeds on small shrimps, worms and other bottom invertebrates (Ref. 4780). Sold fresh and dried salted in markets (Ref. 3490). [details]Remark Date Eschmeyer, pers. comm. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Canary drum | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (37 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sciaena sinuata (Day, 1876))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Umbrina striata Boulenger, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Umbrina sinuata Day, 1876)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Umbrina valida Jordan & Gunn, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Umbrina lafonti Moreau, 1874)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Umbrina canariensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Umbrina sinuata Day, 1876)
To FishBase (from synonym Umbrina lafonti Moreau, 1874)
To FishBase (from synonym Umbrina striata Boulenger, 1888)
To FishBase (from synonym Umbrina valida Jordan & Gunn, 1898)
To FishBase (from synonym Sciaena sinuata (Day, 1876))
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sciaena sinuata (Day, 1876))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Umbrina striata Boulenger, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Umbrina sinuata Day, 1876)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Umbrina valida Jordan & Gunn, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Umbrina lafonti Moreau, 1874)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Umbrina canariensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Umbrina sinuata Day, 1876)
To FishBase (from synonym Umbrina lafonti Moreau, 1874)
To FishBase (from synonym Umbrina striata Boulenger, 1888)
To FishBase (from synonym Umbrina valida Jordan & Gunn, 1898)
To FishBase (from synonym Sciaena sinuata (Day, 1876))
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
