WoRMS taxon details
Serranus atricauda Günther, 1874
127040 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127040)
accepted
Species
Paracentropristis atricauda (Günther, 1874) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Günther, A. (1874). Notice of some new species of fishes from Morocco. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4).</em> v. 13 (no. 75) (art. 32): 230-232, Pls. 13-14., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937408680848 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Serranus atricauda Günther, 1874. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127040 on 2026-02-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Günther, A. (1874). Notice of some new species of fishes from Morocco. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4).</em> v. 13 (no. 75) (art. 32): 230-232, Pls. 13-14., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937408680848 [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]
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
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]
[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
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | tandbaars | [details] |
| English | blacktail comber | [details] |
| French | serran à queue noire | [details] |
| German | Schwarzschwanzbarsch | [details] |
| Portuguese | garoupa | [details] |
| Spanish | serrano imperial | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Serranus atricauda)
To FishBase (from synonym Paracentropristis atricauda (Günther, 1874))
To FishBase
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NHMUK collection (Serranus atricauda Günther, 1874; PARALECTOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2576014)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Serranus atricauda (uncertain) USNM 405147 photograph lateral view)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Serranus atricauda)
To FishBase (from synonym Paracentropristis atricauda (Günther, 1874))
To FishBase
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NHMUK collection (Serranus atricauda Günther, 1874; PARALECTOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2576014)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Serranus atricauda (uncertain) USNM 405147 photograph lateral view)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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Unreviewed
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