WoRMS taxon details
Lutjanus mahogoni (Cuvier, 1828)
159799 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159799)
accepted
Species
Mesoprion mahogoni Cuvier, 1828 · unaccepted
Mesoprion ojanco Poey, 1860 · unaccepted
Mesoprion ricardi Cuvier, 1828 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mesoprion mahogoni Cuvier, 1828) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40.
page(s): 447 [details]
page(s): 447 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA to Venezuela, including the Gulf of Mexico
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA to Venezuela, including the Gulf of Mexico [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lutjanus mahogoni (Cuvier, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159799 on 2025-03-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mesoprion mahogoni Cuvier, 1828) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40.
page(s): 447 [details]
original description (of Mesoprion ricardi Cuvier, 1828) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40.
page(s): 448 [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]
page(s): 447 [details]
original description (of Mesoprion ricardi Cuvier, 1828) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40.
page(s): 448 [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, USA to Venezuela, including the Gulf of Mexico [details]Habitat benthic [details]
To Barcode of Life (28 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion mahogoni Cuvier, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion ojanco Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion ricardi Cuvier, 1828)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lutjanus mahogoni)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion ricardi Cuvier, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion mahogoni Cuvier, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion ojanco Poey, 1860)
To FishBase images (Lutjanus mahogoni, Neth Antilles, by Patzner, R.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 53 proteins)
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 53 proteins) (from synonym Mesoprion mahogoni Cuvier, 1828)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lutjanus mahogoni USNM 414453 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lutjanus mahogoni USNM 414454 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion mahogoni Cuvier, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion ojanco Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion ricardi Cuvier, 1828)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lutjanus mahogoni)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion ricardi Cuvier, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion mahogoni Cuvier, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion ojanco Poey, 1860)
To FishBase images (Lutjanus mahogoni, Neth Antilles, by Patzner, R.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 53 proteins)
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 53 proteins) (from synonym Mesoprion mahogoni Cuvier, 1828)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lutjanus mahogoni USNM 414453 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lutjanus mahogoni USNM 414454 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
