WoRMS taxon details
Uraspis secunda (Poey, 1860)
159658 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159658)
accepted
Species
Bassetina hullianus (McCulloch, 1909) · unaccepted
Caranx hullianus McCulloch, 1909 · unaccepted
Caranx secundus Poey, 1860 · unaccepted (synonym)
Uraspis cadenati Blache & Rossignol, 1962 · unaccepted (synonym)
Uraspis heidi Fowler, 1938 · unaccepted
Uraspis reversa Jordan, Evermann & Wakiya, 1927 · unaccepted
Uraspis riukiuensis Wakiya, 1927 · unaccepted
Uraspis wakiyai Williams, 1961 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Caranx secundus Poey, 1860) Poey, F. (1858-1861). Memorias sobra la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompañadas de sumarios Latinos y extractos en Francés. 2: 1-96 (1858), 97-336 (1860), 337-442 (1861), pls. 1-19; La Habana ["1856-1858"]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2513061 [details]
Description Mostly oceanic and pelagic but sometimes found near bottom, often near islands. Occurs solitarily or in small schools (Ref....
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania to Angola
Description Mostly oceanic and pelagic but sometimes found near bottom, often near islands. Occurs solitarily or in small schools (Ref. 2850). [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania to Angola
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania to Angola [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Uraspis secunda (Poey, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159658 on 2026-01-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Caranx secundus Poey, 1860) Poey, F. (1858-1861). Memorias sobra la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompañadas de sumarios Latinos y extractos en Francés. 2: 1-96 (1858), 97-336 (1860), 337-442 (1861), pls. 1-19; La Habana ["1856-1858"]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2513061 [details]
original description (of Uraspis cadenati Blache & Rossignol, 1962) Blache, J.; Rossignol, M. (1962). Uraspis cadenati nov. sp. (Carangidae) et Xesurus biafraensis nov. sp. (Acanthuridae). Poissons Perciformes nouveaux du Golfe de Guinée. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> (Série 2) v. 33 (no. 5) (for 1961): 479-484. [details]
original description (of Uraspis heidi Fowler, 1938) Fowler, H. W. (1938). Description of a new carangid fish from New Jersey. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 90: 149-151. [details]
original description (of Uraspis reversa Jordan, Evermann & Wakiya, 1927) Jordan, D. S.; Evermann, B. W.; Tanaka, S. (1927). Notes on new or rare fishes from Hawaii. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4).</em> v. 16 (no. 20): 649-680, Pls. 22-24. [details]
original description (of Uraspis wakiyai Williams, 1961) Williams, F. (1961). On Uraspis wakiyai sp. nov. (Pisces, Carangidae), from the western Indian Ocean, with a review of the species of Uraspis Bleeker, 1855, S.S. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 13).</em> v. 4 (no. 38): 65-87, Pl. 4. [details]
original description (of Leucoglossa albilinguis Jordan, Evermann & Wakiya, 1927) Jordan, D. S.; Evermann, B. W.; Tanaka, S. (1927). Notes on new or rare fishes from Hawaii. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4).</em> v. 16 (no. 20): 649-680, Pls. 22-24. [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 Uraspis cadenati Blache & Rossignol, 1962) Blache, J.; Rossignol, M. (1962). Uraspis cadenati nov. sp. (Carangidae) et Xesurus biafraensis nov. sp. (Acanthuridae). Poissons Perciformes nouveaux du Golfe de Guinée. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> (Série 2) v. 33 (no. 5) (for 1961): 479-484. [details]
original description (of Uraspis heidi Fowler, 1938) Fowler, H. W. (1938). Description of a new carangid fish from New Jersey. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 90: 149-151. [details]
original description (of Uraspis reversa Jordan, Evermann & Wakiya, 1927) Jordan, D. S.; Evermann, B. W.; Tanaka, S. (1927). Notes on new or rare fishes from Hawaii. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4).</em> v. 16 (no. 20): 649-680, Pls. 22-24. [details]
original description (of Uraspis wakiyai Williams, 1961) Williams, F. (1961). On Uraspis wakiyai sp. nov. (Pisces, Carangidae), from the western Indian Ocean, with a review of the species of Uraspis Bleeker, 1855, S.S. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 13).</em> v. 4 (no. 38): 65-87, Pl. 4. [details]
original description (of Leucoglossa albilinguis Jordan, Evermann & Wakiya, 1927) Jordan, D. S.; Evermann, B. W.; Tanaka, S. (1927). Notes on new or rare fishes from Hawaii. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4).</em> v. 16 (no. 20): 649-680, Pls. 22-24. [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 (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]
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
Description Mostly oceanic and pelagic but sometimes found near bottom, often near islands. Occurs solitarily or in small schools (Ref. 2850). [details]Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania to Angola [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Uraspis cadenati Blache & Rossignol, 1962)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Uraspis reversa Jordan, Evermann & Wakiya, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Uraspis riukiuensis Wakiya, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Uraspis wakiyai Williams, 1961)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Leucoglossa albilinguis Jordan, Evermann & Wakiya, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Caranx hullianus McCulloch, 1909)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Uraspis heidi Fowler, 1938)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Caranx secundus Poey, 1860)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Uraspis secunda)
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx secundus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx hullianus McCulloch, 1909)
To FishBase (from synonym Uraspis cadenati Blache & Rossignol, 1962)
To FishBase (from synonym Uraspis reversa Jordan, Evermann & Wakiya, 1927)
To FishBase (from synonym Uraspis heidi Fowler, 1938)
To FishBase (from synonym Bassetina hullianus (McCulloch, 1909))
To FishBase (from synonym Leucoglossa albilinguis Jordan, Evermann & Wakiya, 1927)
To FishBase (from synonym Uraspis wakiyai Williams, 1961)
To FishBase (from synonym Uraspis riukiuensis Wakiya, 1927)
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 56 proteins) (from synonym Caranx secundus Poey, 1860)
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 56 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Uraspis cadenati Blache & Rossignol, 1962)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Uraspis reversa Jordan, Evermann & Wakiya, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Uraspis riukiuensis Wakiya, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Uraspis wakiyai Williams, 1961)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Leucoglossa albilinguis Jordan, Evermann & Wakiya, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Caranx hullianus McCulloch, 1909)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Uraspis heidi Fowler, 1938)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Caranx secundus Poey, 1860)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Uraspis secunda)
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx secundus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Caranx hullianus McCulloch, 1909)
To FishBase (from synonym Uraspis cadenati Blache & Rossignol, 1962)
To FishBase (from synonym Uraspis reversa Jordan, Evermann & Wakiya, 1927)
To FishBase (from synonym Uraspis heidi Fowler, 1938)
To FishBase (from synonym Bassetina hullianus (McCulloch, 1909))
To FishBase (from synonym Leucoglossa albilinguis Jordan, Evermann & Wakiya, 1927)
To FishBase (from synonym Uraspis wakiyai Williams, 1961)
To FishBase (from synonym Uraspis riukiuensis Wakiya, 1927)
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 56 proteins) (from synonym Caranx secundus Poey, 1860)
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 56 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
