WoRMS taxon details
Psenes cyanophrys Valenciennes, 1833
159427 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159427)
accepted
Species
Cubiceps multiradiatus Günther, 1872 · unaccepted
Parapsenes rotundus (Smith, 1949) · unaccepted
Psenes auratus Valenciennes, 1833 · unaccepted
Psenes chapmani Fowler, 1906 · unaccepted
Psenes cyanophris Valenciennes, 1833 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Psenes fuscus Guichenot, 1866 · unaccepted
Psenes guamensis Valenciennes, 1833 · unaccepted
Psenes javanicus Valenciennes, 1833 · unaccepted
Psenes kamoharai Abe, Kojima & Kosakai, 1963 · unaccepted
Psenes leucurus Valenciennes, 1833 · unaccepted
Psenes pacificus Meek & Hildebrand, 1925 · unaccepted
Psenes rotundus Smith, 1949 · unaccepted
Psennes cyanophrys Valenciennes, 1833 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to South America
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to South America [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Psenes cyanophrys Valenciennes, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159427 on 2025-07-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517 [details]
original description (of Psenes auratus Valenciennes, 1833) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517 [details]
original description (of Psenes chapmani Fowler, 1906) Fowler, H. W. (1906). New, rare or little known scombroids, No. 3. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 58: 114-122. [details]
original description (of Psenes fuscus Guichenot, 1866) Guichenot, A. (1866). Catalogue des poissons de Madagascar de la Collection du Musée de Paris avec la description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles. <em>Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg.</em> v. 12 (= Ser. 2, v. 2): 129-148. [details]
original description (of Psenes guamensis Valenciennes, 1833) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517 [details]
original description (of Psenes javanicus Valenciennes, 1833) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517 [details]
original description (of Psenes kamoharai Abe, Kojima & Kosakai, 1963) Abe, T.; Kojima, S.; Kosakai , T. (1963). Description of a new nomeid fish from Japan. <em>Japanese Journal of Ichthyology.</em> v. 11 (nos 1/2): 31-35. [details]
original description (of Psenes leucurus Valenciennes, 1833) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517 [details]
original description (of Psenes pacificus Meek & Hildebrand, 1925) Meek, S. E.; Hildebrand, S. F. (1925). The marine fishes of Panama. Part II. <em>Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series.</em> 15 (publ. 226): i-xix + 331-707, Pls. 25-71. [details]
original description (of Psenes rotundus Smith, 1949) Smith, J. L. B. (1949). The sea fishes of southern Africa. <em>Central News Agency, Ltd., Cape Town.</em> I-xii + 1-550, Pls. 1-103. [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]
original description (of Psenes auratus Valenciennes, 1833) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517 [details]
original description (of Psenes chapmani Fowler, 1906) Fowler, H. W. (1906). New, rare or little known scombroids, No. 3. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 58: 114-122. [details]
original description (of Psenes fuscus Guichenot, 1866) Guichenot, A. (1866). Catalogue des poissons de Madagascar de la Collection du Musée de Paris avec la description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles. <em>Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg.</em> v. 12 (= Ser. 2, v. 2): 129-148. [details]
original description (of Psenes guamensis Valenciennes, 1833) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517 [details]
original description (of Psenes javanicus Valenciennes, 1833) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517 [details]
original description (of Psenes kamoharai Abe, Kojima & Kosakai, 1963) Abe, T.; Kojima, S.; Kosakai , T. (1963). Description of a new nomeid fish from Japan. <em>Japanese Journal of Ichthyology.</em> v. 11 (nos 1/2): 31-35. [details]
original description (of Psenes leucurus Valenciennes, 1833) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517 [details]
original description (of Psenes pacificus Meek & Hildebrand, 1925) Meek, S. E.; Hildebrand, S. F. (1925). The marine fishes of Panama. Part II. <em>Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series.</em> 15 (publ. 226): i-xix + 331-707, Pls. 25-71. [details]
original description (of Psenes rotundus Smith, 1949) Smith, J. L. B. (1949). The sea fishes of southern Africa. <em>Central News Agency, Ltd., Cape Town.</em> I-xii + 1-550, Pls. 1-103. [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
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
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]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]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: Massachusetts, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to South America [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | freckled driftfish | [details] |
| Japanese | スジハナビラウオ | [details] |
| Spanish | derivante rayado | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (68 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Psenes guamensis Valenciennes, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Psenes leucurus Valenciennes, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Psenes auratus Valenciennes, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Psenes kamoharai Abe, Kojima & Kosakai, 1963)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Psenes rotundus Smith, 1949)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Psenes javanicus Valenciennes, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Psenes chapmani Fowler, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Psenes pacificus Meek & Hildebrand, 1925)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (57 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Cubiceps multiradiatus Günther, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Psenes fuscus Guichenot, 1866)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Psenes cyanophrys)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes auratus Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes fuscus Guichenot, 1866)
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes pacificus Meek & Hildebrand, 1925)
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes rotundus Smith, 1949)
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes leucurus Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes kamoharai Abe, Kojima & Kosakai, 1963)
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes javanicus Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes guamensis Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes chapmani Fowler, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Cubiceps multiradiatus Günther, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Parapsenes rotundus (Smith, 1949))
To FishBase (from synonym Psennes cyanophrys Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes cyanophris Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase images (Parapsenes rotundus, by SFSA) (from synonym Parapsenes rotundus (Smith, 1949))
To GenBank (46 nucleotides; 66 proteins) (from synonym Psenes cyanophris Valenciennes, 1833)
To GenBank (46 nucleotides; 66 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Psenes cyanophrys USNM 403375 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Psenes guamensis Valenciennes, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Psenes leucurus Valenciennes, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Psenes auratus Valenciennes, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Psenes kamoharai Abe, Kojima & Kosakai, 1963)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Psenes rotundus Smith, 1949)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Psenes javanicus Valenciennes, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Psenes chapmani Fowler, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Psenes pacificus Meek & Hildebrand, 1925)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (57 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Cubiceps multiradiatus Günther, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Psenes fuscus Guichenot, 1866)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Psenes cyanophrys)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes auratus Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes fuscus Guichenot, 1866)
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes pacificus Meek & Hildebrand, 1925)
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes rotundus Smith, 1949)
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes leucurus Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes kamoharai Abe, Kojima & Kosakai, 1963)
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes javanicus Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes guamensis Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes chapmani Fowler, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Cubiceps multiradiatus Günther, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Parapsenes rotundus (Smith, 1949))
To FishBase (from synonym Psennes cyanophrys Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes cyanophris Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase images (Parapsenes rotundus, by SFSA) (from synonym Parapsenes rotundus (Smith, 1949))
To GenBank (46 nucleotides; 66 proteins) (from synonym Psenes cyanophris Valenciennes, 1833)
To GenBank (46 nucleotides; 66 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Psenes cyanophrys USNM 403375 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
