WoRMS taxon details
Serranus subligarius (Cope, 1870)
159236 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159236)
accepted
Species
Centropristis subligarius Cope, 1870 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Centropristis subligarius Cope, 1870) Cope, E. D. (1870). Observations on some fishes new to the American fauna, found at Newport, R. I. by Samuel Powell. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 22: 118-121.
page(s): 120 [details]
page(s): 120 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina to Florida (rare in Keys) and Texas, USA. Reported from Mexico and Cuba
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina to Florida (rare in Keys) and Texas, USA. Reported from Mexico and Cuba [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Serranus subligarius (Cope, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159236 on 2025-11-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Centropristis subligarius Cope, 1870) Cope, E. D. (1870). Observations on some fishes new to the American fauna, found at Newport, R. I. by Samuel Powell. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 22: 118-121.
page(s): 120 [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
page(s): 120 [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [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
McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina to Florida (rare in Keys) and Texas, USA. Reported from Mexico and Cuba [details]Habitat benthic [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Centropristis subligarius Cope, 1870)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Serranus subligarius)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Centropristis subligarius Cope, 1870)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Centropristis subligarius Cope, 1870)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Centropristis subligarius Cope, 1870)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Serranus subligarius)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Centropristis subligarius Cope, 1870)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Centropristis subligarius Cope, 1870)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
