WoRMS taxon details
Prionotus ophryas Jordan & Swain, 1885
159573 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159573)
accepted
Species
Prionotus grisescens Teague, 1951 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Jordan, D. S.; Swain, J. (1885). Description of three new species of fishes (Prionotus stearnsi, Prionotus ophryas, and Anthias vivanus) collected at Pensacola, Florida, by Mr. Silas Stearns. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 7 (no. 465): 541-545. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina in USA, Bahamas and northern Gulf of Mexico to Venezuela. Probably occurring in Trinidad...
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina in USA, Bahamas and northern Gulf of Mexico to Venezuela. Probably occurring in Trinidad (37°N - 9°N) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Prionotus ophryas Jordan & Swain, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159573 on 2025-11-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Jordan, D. S.; Swain, J. (1885). Description of three new species of fishes (Prionotus stearnsi, Prionotus ophryas, and Anthias vivanus) collected at Pensacola, Florida, by Mr. Silas Stearns. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 7 (no. 465): 541-545. [details]
original description (of Prionotus grisescens Teague, 1951) Teague, G. W. (1951). The sea-robins of America, a revision of the triglid fishes of the genus Prionotus. <em>Comunicaciones Zoologicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo.</em> 3 (61): 1-59, Pls. 1-5. [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 Prionotus grisescens Teague, 1951) Teague, G. W. (1951). The sea-robins of America, a revision of the triglid fishes of the genus Prionotus. <em>Comunicaciones Zoologicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo.</em> 3 (61): 1-59, Pls. 1-5. [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: North Carolina in USA, Bahamas and northern Gulf of Mexico to Venezuela. Probably occurring in Trinidad (37°N - 9°N) [details]Habitat benthic [details]
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Prionotus grisescens Teague, 1951)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prionotus ophryas)
To FishBase (from synonym Prionotus grisescens Teague, 1951)
To FishBase
To FishSounds
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Prionotus grisescens Teague, 1951)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prionotus ophryas)
To FishBase (from synonym Prionotus grisescens Teague, 1951)
To FishBase
To FishSounds
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
