WoRMS taxon details
Archosargus probatocephalus (Walbaum, 1792)
159238 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159238)
accepted
Species
Archosargus aries (Valenciennes, 1830) · unaccepted
Archosargus oviceps Ginsburg, 1952 · unaccepted
Sargus aries Valenciennes, 1830 · unaccepted
Sparus probatocephalus Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Sparus probatocephalus Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 295 [details]
page(s): 295 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil; absent in the Bahamas and West Indies; also...
Distribution Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil; absent in the Bahamas and West Indies; also absent in Bermuda, Grenada [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Archosargus probatocephalus (Walbaum, 1792). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159238 on 2026-01-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Sparus probatocephalus Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 295 [details]
original description (of Sargus aries Valenciennes, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [details]
original description (of Archosargus oviceps Ginsburg, 1952) Ginsburg, I. (1952). Eight new fishes from the Gulf coast of the United States, with two new genera and notes on geographic distribution. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 42 (3): 84-101. [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
page(s): 295 [details]
original description (of Sargus aries Valenciennes, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [details]
original description (of Archosargus oviceps Ginsburg, 1952) Ginsburg, I. (1952). Eight new fishes from the Gulf coast of the United States, with two new genera and notes on geographic distribution. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 42 (3): 84-101. [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [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). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
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
Diet Feeds mainly on mollusks and crustaceans [details]Distribution Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil; absent in the Bahamas and West Indies; also absent in Bermuda, Grenada [details]
Habitat Inhabits bays and estuaries. Freely enters brackish waters; sometimes enters freshwaters. [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Importance Social- Commercial, fishery, gamefish and aquarium fish [details]
To Barcode of Life (72 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Sargus aries Valenciennes, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (155 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Archosargus oviceps Ginsburg, 1952)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Sparus probatocephalus Walbaum, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Archosargus aries (Valenciennes, 1830))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Archosargus probatocephalus)
To FishBase (from synonym Sargus aries Valenciennes, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Archosargus oviceps Ginsburg, 1952)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sparus probatocephalus Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Archosargus aries (Valenciennes, 1830))
To Fishipedia
To FishSounds
To GenBank (287 nucleotides; 71 proteins)
To GenBank (287 nucleotides; 71 proteins) (from synonym Sparus probatocephalus Walbaum, 1792)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Archosargus probatocephalus P01161 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Archosargus probatocephalus P01161 illustration)
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (USNM PAL 476240)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Sargus aries Valenciennes, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (155 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Archosargus oviceps Ginsburg, 1952)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Sparus probatocephalus Walbaum, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Archosargus aries (Valenciennes, 1830))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Archosargus probatocephalus)
To FishBase (from synonym Sargus aries Valenciennes, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Archosargus oviceps Ginsburg, 1952)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sparus probatocephalus Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Archosargus aries (Valenciennes, 1830))
To Fishipedia
To FishSounds
To GenBank (287 nucleotides; 71 proteins)
To GenBank (287 nucleotides; 71 proteins) (from synonym Sparus probatocephalus Walbaum, 1792)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Archosargus probatocephalus P01161 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Archosargus probatocephalus P01161 illustration)
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (USNM PAL 476240)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
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