WoRMS taxon details
Trachinotus botla (Shaw, 1803)
218442 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218442)
accepted
Species
Palinurichthys umhlangae Smith, 1949 · unaccepted
Scomber botla Shaw, 1803 · unaccepted
Trachinotus russelii Cuvier, 1832 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Trachinotus russelli Cuvier, 1832 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Trachinotus russellii Cuvier, 1832 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Trachynotus russelii (Cuvier, 1832) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scomber botla Shaw, 1803) Shaw, G. (1803). General zoology or systematic natural history . <em>Pisces. G. Kearsley, London, 1800-1826.</em> vol. 4 (1803) and vol. 5 (1804). [Series is 14 vols., 1800-1826.]. v. 4: (pt. 1) i-v + 1-186, Pls. 1-25; (pt 2), i-xiii + 187-632, Pls. 26-92.
page(s): 591 [details]
page(s): 591 [details]
Description Occurs inshore (Ref. 7300). Adults in sandy surf zones; juveniles in super shallow surf zones (Ref. 4332). Feeds on crabs,...
Description Occurs inshore (Ref. 7300). Adults in sandy surf zones; juveniles in super shallow surf zones (Ref. 4332). Feeds on crabs, mussels, and worms (Ref. 5213). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Trachinotus botla (Shaw, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218442 on 2025-10-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scomber botla Shaw, 1803) Shaw, G. (1803). General zoology or systematic natural history . <em>Pisces. G. Kearsley, London, 1800-1826.</em> vol. 4 (1803) and vol. 5 (1804). [Series is 14 vols., 1800-1826.]. v. 4: (pt. 1) i-v + 1-186, Pls. 1-25; (pt 2), i-xiii + 187-632, Pls. 26-92.
page(s): 591 [details]
original description (of Palinurichthys umhlangae Smith, 1949) Smith, J. L. B. (1949). The sea fishes of southern Africa. <em>Central News Agency, Ltd., Cape Town.</em> I-xii + 1-550, Pls. 1-103. [details]
original description (of Trachinotus russelii Cuvier, 1832) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1832). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome huitième. Livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 8: i-xix + 5 pp. + 1-509, Pls. 209-245. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-470; Valenciennes 471-509. Date of 1831 on title page. i-xv + 1-375 in Strasbourg edition.]. [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]
page(s): 591 [details]
original description (of Palinurichthys umhlangae Smith, 1949) Smith, J. L. B. (1949). The sea fishes of southern Africa. <em>Central News Agency, Ltd., Cape Town.</em> I-xii + 1-550, Pls. 1-103. [details]
original description (of Trachinotus russelii Cuvier, 1832) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1832). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome huitième. Livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 8: i-xix + 5 pp. + 1-509, Pls. 209-245. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-470; Valenciennes 471-509. Date of 1831 on title page. i-xv + 1-375 in Strasbourg edition.]. [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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Occurs inshore (Ref. 7300). Adults in sandy surf zones; juveniles in super shallow surf zones (Ref. 4332). Feeds on crabs, mussels, and worms (Ref. 5213). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | largespotted dart | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Trachinotus russelii Cuvier, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Trachynotus russelii (Cuvier, 1832))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Trachinotus russellii Cuvier, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Scomber botla Shaw, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Trachinotus russelli Cuvier, 1832)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Trachinotus botla)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachinotus russellii Cuvier, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber botla Shaw, 1803)
To FishBase (from synonym Palinurichthys umhlangae Smith, 1949)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachynotus russelii (Cuvier, 1832))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Trachinotus russelii Cuvier, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachinotus russelli Cuvier, 1832)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Scomber botla Shaw, 1803)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Trachinotus botla RAD117611-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Trachinotus botla RAD117612-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Trachinotus russelii Cuvier, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Trachynotus russelii (Cuvier, 1832))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Trachinotus russellii Cuvier, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Scomber botla Shaw, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Trachinotus russelli Cuvier, 1832)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Trachinotus botla)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachinotus russellii Cuvier, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomber botla Shaw, 1803)
To FishBase (from synonym Palinurichthys umhlangae Smith, 1949)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachynotus russelii (Cuvier, 1832))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Trachinotus russelii Cuvier, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachinotus russelli Cuvier, 1832)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Scomber botla Shaw, 1803)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Trachinotus botla RAD117611-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Trachinotus botla RAD117612-001)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
