WoRMS taxon details
Stephanolepis setifer (Bennett, 1831)
159500 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159500)
accepted
Species
Monacanthus setifer Bennett, 1831 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Monacanthus setifer Bennett, 1831) Bennett, E. T. (1831). A small collection of fishes, formed during the voyage of H. M. S. Chanticleer, ..., and two species which appeared to be new to science . <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1830-31 (pt 1): 112. [details] 
Distribution Western Atlantic: from Bermuda, North Carolina (USA), and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern South America
Distribution Western Atlantic: from Bermuda, North Carolina (USA), and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern South America [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Stephanolepis setifer (Bennett, 1831). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159500 on 2026-08-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Monacanthus setifer Bennett, 1831) Bennett, E. T. (1831). A small collection of fishes, formed during the voyage of H. M. S. Chanticleer, ..., and two species which appeared to be new to science . <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1830-31 (pt 1): 112. [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
context source (HKRMS)
Leung WYA. (1994). The fish fauna of Lobster Bay, Cape d' Aguilar, Hong Kong. Mphil thesis. The University of Hong Kong. [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]
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]
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]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: from Bermuda, North Carolina (USA), and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern South America [details]
To Barcode of Life (23 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (82 publications) (from synonym Monacanthus setifer Bennett, 1831)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stephanolepis setifer)
To FishBase (from synonym Monacanthus setifer Bennett, 1831)
To FishBase
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (82 publications) (from synonym Monacanthus setifer Bennett, 1831)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stephanolepis setifer)
To FishBase (from synonym Monacanthus setifer Bennett, 1831)
To FishBase
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
