WoRMS taxon details
Rhonciscus bayanus (Jordan & Evermann, 1898)
1577353 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1577353)
accepted
Species
Pomadasis bayanus Jordan & Evermann, 1898 · unaccepted > superseded combination (misspelling)
Pomadasys bayanus Jordan & Evermann, 1898 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pomadasys sinuosus Eigenmann, 1918 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pomadasis bayanus Jordan & Evermann, 1898) Jordan, D. S.; Evermann, B. W. (1898). The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part II. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 47: i-xxx + 1241-2183., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.39717 [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Rhonciscus bayanus (Jordan & Evermann, 1898). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1577353 on 2026-06-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pomadasys bayanus Jordan & Evermann, 1898) Jordan, D. S.; Evermann, B. W. (1898). The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part II. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 47: i-xxx + 1241-2183., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.39717 [details]
original description (of Pomadasys sinuosus Eigenmann, 1918) Eigenmann, C. H. (1918). Eighteen new species of fishes from northwestern South America. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 56 (7): 673-689. [Pp. 673-684 publ. 11 Jan.; 685-689 publ. 12 Jan. 1918.]. [details]
original description (of Pomadasis bayanus Jordan & Evermann, 1898) Jordan, D. S.; Evermann, B. W. (1898). The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part II. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 47: i-xxx + 1241-2183., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.39717 [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]
original description (of Pomadasys sinuosus Eigenmann, 1918) Eigenmann, C. H. (1918). Eighteen new species of fishes from northwestern South America. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 56 (7): 673-689. [Pp. 673-684 publ. 11 Jan.; 685-689 publ. 12 Jan. 1918.]. [details]
original description (of Pomadasis bayanus Jordan & Evermann, 1898) Jordan, D. S.; Evermann, B. W. (1898). The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part II. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 47: i-xxx + 1241-2183., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.39717 [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]
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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | purplemouth grunt [from synonym] | [details] |
| Spanish | roncacho boquimorado [from synonym]roncacho boquimorada [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Pomadasys bayanus Jordan & Evermann, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pomadasys sinuosus Eigenmann, 1918)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Pomadasis bayanus Jordan & Evermann, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Pomadasys bayanus Jordan & Evermann, 1898)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhonciscus bayanus)
To Fishbase
To FishBase (from synonym Pomadasys bayanus Jordan & Evermann, 1898)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomadasys sinuosus Eigenmann, 1918)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomadasis bayanus Jordan & Evermann, 1898)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Pomadasis bayanus Jordan & Evermann, 1898)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pomadasys sinuosus Eigenmann, 1918)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Pomadasis bayanus Jordan & Evermann, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Pomadasys bayanus Jordan & Evermann, 1898)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhonciscus bayanus)
To Fishbase
To FishBase (from synonym Pomadasys bayanus Jordan & Evermann, 1898)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomadasys sinuosus Eigenmann, 1918)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomadasis bayanus Jordan & Evermann, 1898)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Pomadasis bayanus Jordan & Evermann, 1898)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
