WoRMS taxon details
Sphyraena acutipinnis Day, 1876
212044 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212044)
accepted
Species
Indosphyraena africana (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1909) · unaccepted
Sphyraena africana Gilchrist & Thompson, 1909 · unaccepted
Sphyraena natalensis von Bonde, 1923 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Day, F. (1876). The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to Inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Part 2: 169-368, Pls. 41-78. [details]
Description Inhabits bays and the vicinity of coral reefs (Ref. 9768). Occurs in schools. Nocturnally active fish (Ref. 9768).
Description Inhabits bays and the vicinity of coral reefs (Ref. 9768). Occurs in schools. Nocturnally active fish (Ref. 9768). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Sphyraena acutipinnis Day, 1876. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212044 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Day, F. (1876). The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to Inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Part 2: 169-368, Pls. 41-78. [details]
original description (of Sphyraena natalensis von Bonde, 1923) von Bonde, C. (1923). Shallow-water fishes procured by the S. S. "Pickle.". <em>Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa Rep.</em> 3 (art. 1): 1-40, Pls. 1-9. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Sphyraena natalensis von Bonde, 1923) von Bonde, C. (1923). Shallow-water fishes procured by the S. S. "Pickle.". <em>Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa Rep.</em> 3 (art. 1): 1-40, Pls. 1-9. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits bays and the vicinity of coral reefs (Ref. 9768). Occurs in schools. Nocturnally active fish (Ref. 9768). [details]
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Sphyraena africana Gilchrist & Thompson, 1909)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Sphyraena natalensis von Bonde, 1923)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Sphyraena africana Gilchrist & Thompson, 1909)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphyraena acutipinnis)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphyraena africana) (from synonym Sphyraena africana Gilchrist & Thompson, 1909)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sphyraena natalensis von Bonde, 1923)
To FishBase (from synonym Indosphyraena africana (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1909))
To FishBase (from synonym Sphyraena africana Gilchrist & Thompson, 1909)
To FishBase images (Sphyraena acutipinnis, South Africa, by Chater, S.)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Sphyraena africana Gilchrist & Thompson, 1909)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Sphyraena africana Gilchrist & Thompson, 1909)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Sphyraena africana Gilchrist & Thompson, 1909)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Sphyraena natalensis von Bonde, 1923)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Sphyraena africana Gilchrist & Thompson, 1909)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphyraena acutipinnis)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphyraena africana) (from synonym Sphyraena africana Gilchrist & Thompson, 1909)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sphyraena natalensis von Bonde, 1923)
To FishBase (from synonym Indosphyraena africana (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1909))
To FishBase (from synonym Sphyraena africana Gilchrist & Thompson, 1909)
To FishBase images (Sphyraena acutipinnis, South Africa, by Chater, S.)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Sphyraena africana Gilchrist & Thompson, 1909)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Sphyraena africana Gilchrist & Thompson, 1909)
To ITIS
