WoRMS taxon details
Cynoscion nothus (Holbrook, 1848)
159305 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159305)
accepted
Species
Otolithus nothus Holbrook, 1848 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Otolithus nothus Holbrook, 1848) Holbrook, J. E. (1848). Southern ichthyology: or, a description of the fishes inhabiting the waters of South Carolina Georgia and Florida. No. III. <em>New York & London: Wiley & Putnam.</em> 33-60, Pls. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Maryland to northeastern Florida in the USA and throughout Gulf of Mexico. Reported from Campeche Bank in...
Distribution Western Atlantic: Maryland to northeastern Florida in the USA and throughout Gulf of Mexico. Reported from Campeche Bank in Mexico [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cynoscion nothus (Holbrook, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159305 on 2025-11-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Otolithus nothus Holbrook, 1848) Holbrook, J. E. (1848). Southern ichthyology: or, a description of the fishes inhabiting the waters of South Carolina Georgia and Florida. No. III. <em>New York & London: Wiley & Putnam.</em> 33-60, Pls. [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]
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: Maryland to northeastern Florida in the USA and throughout Gulf of Mexico. Reported from Campeche Bank in Mexico [details]Habitat benthic [details]
To Barcode of Life (26 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Otolithus nothus Holbrook, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cynoscion nothus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Otolithus nothus Holbrook, 1848)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 41 proteins)
To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 41 proteins) (from synonym Otolithus nothus Holbrook, 1848)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Otolithus nothus Holbrook, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cynoscion nothus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Otolithus nothus Holbrook, 1848)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 41 proteins)
To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 41 proteins) (from synonym Otolithus nothus Holbrook, 1848)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
