WoRMS taxon details
Lutjanus vivanus (Cuvier, 1828)
159801 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159801)
accepted
Species
Lutianus vivanus (Cuvier, 1828) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Lutjanus torridus Cope, 1871 · unaccepted
Mesoprion profundus Poey, 1860 · unaccepted
Mesoprion vivanus Cuvier, 1828 · unaccepted
Neomaenis hastingsi Bean, 1898 · unaccepted (synonym)
Neomansis hastingsi Bean, 1898 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mesoprion vivanus 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7339
page(s): 454 [details]
page(s): 454 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: as far north as Bermuda and North Carolina, USA and south to central Brazil.
Distribution Western Atlantic: as far north as Bermuda and North Carolina, USA and south to central Brazil. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Lutjanus vivanus (Cuvier, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159801 on 2026-04-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mesoprion vivanus 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7339
page(s): 454 [details]
original description (of Lutjanus torridus Cope, 1871) Cope, E. D. (1871). Contribution to the ichthyology of the Lesser Antilles. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series).</em> v. 14 (pt 3) (art. 5): 445-483.
page(s): 469, Fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Neomaenis hastingsi Bean, 1898) Bean, T. H. (1898). Notes upon fishes received at the New York Aquarium, with description of a new species of Snapper from Bermuda. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 10: 45-51 [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): 454 [details]
original description (of Lutjanus torridus Cope, 1871) Cope, E. D. (1871). Contribution to the ichthyology of the Lesser Antilles. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series).</em> v. 14 (pt 3) (art. 5): 445-483.
page(s): 469, Fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Neomaenis hastingsi Bean, 1898) Bean, T. H. (1898). Notes upon fishes received at the New York Aquarium, with description of a new species of Snapper from Bermuda. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 10: 45-51 [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]
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: as far north as Bermuda and North Carolina, USA and south to central Brazil. [details]
To Barcode of Life (36 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus torridus Cope, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Lutianus vivanus (Cuvier, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion vivanus Cuvier, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion profundus Poey, 1860)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lutjanus vivanus)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion profundus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion vivanus Cuvier, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Neomaenis hastingsi Bean, 1898)
To FishBase (from synonym Neomansis hastingsi Bean, 1898)
To FishBase (from synonym Lutianus vivanus (Cuvier, 1828))
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus torridus Cope, 1871)
To GenBank (47 nucleotides; 55 proteins) (from synonym Mesoprion vivanus Cuvier, 1828)
To GenBank (47 nucleotides; 55 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus torridus Cope, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Lutianus vivanus (Cuvier, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion vivanus Cuvier, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion profundus Poey, 1860)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lutjanus vivanus)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion profundus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion vivanus Cuvier, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Neomaenis hastingsi Bean, 1898)
To FishBase (from synonym Neomansis hastingsi Bean, 1898)
To FishBase (from synonym Lutianus vivanus (Cuvier, 1828))
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus torridus Cope, 1871)
To GenBank (47 nucleotides; 55 proteins) (from synonym Mesoprion vivanus Cuvier, 1828)
To GenBank (47 nucleotides; 55 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
