WoRMS taxon details
Menticirrhus littoralis (Holbrook, 1847)
159327 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159327)
accepted
Species
Umbrina littoralis Holbrook, 1847 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Umbrina littoralis Holbrook, 1847) Holbrook, J. E. (1847). Southern ichthyology: or, a description of the fishes inhabiting the waters of South Carolina Georgia and Florida. No. II. <em>New York & London: Wiley & Putnam.</em> 1-32, Pls. 1-4. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Virginia, USA and the continental coast of the Gulf of Mexico to Rio Grande del Sur, Brazil
Distribution Western Atlantic: Virginia, USA and the continental coast of the Gulf of Mexico to Rio Grande del Sur, Brazil [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Menticirrhus littoralis (Holbrook, 1847). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159327 on 2025-04-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Umbrina littoralis Holbrook, 1847) Holbrook, J. E. (1847). Southern ichthyology: or, a description of the fishes inhabiting the waters of South Carolina Georgia and Florida. No. II. <em>New York & London: Wiley & Putnam.</em> 1-32, Pls. 1-4. [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: Virginia, USA and the continental coast of the Gulf of Mexico to Rio Grande del Sur, Brazil [details]Habitat benthic [details]
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Umbrina littoralis Holbrook, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (56 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Menticirrhus littoralis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Umbrina littoralis Holbrook, 1847)
To FishBase images (Menticirrhus littoralis, by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory)
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 52 proteins)
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 52 proteins) (from synonym Umbrina littoralis Holbrook, 1847)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Umbrina littoralis Holbrook, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (56 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Menticirrhus littoralis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Umbrina littoralis Holbrook, 1847)
To FishBase images (Menticirrhus littoralis, by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory)
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 52 proteins)
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 52 proteins) (from synonym Umbrina littoralis Holbrook, 1847)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
