WoRMS taxon details
Lutjanus fulvus (Forster, 1801)
218475 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218475)
accepted
Species
Diacope analis Valenciennes, 1830 · unaccepted
Diacope aurantiaca Valenciennes, 1830 · unaccepted
Diacope flavipes Valenciennes, 1830 · unaccepted
Diacope immaculata Cuvier, 1828 · unaccepted
Diacope marginata Cuvier, 1828 · unaccepted
Diacope vaigiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 · unaccepted
Diacope xanthopus Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted
Genyoroge nigricauda De Vis, 1884 · unaccepted
Holocentrus fulvus Forster, 1801 · unaccepted
Lutianus fulvus (Forster, 1801) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Lutianus marginatoides Kendall & Goldsborough, 1911 · unaccepted
Lutianus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Lutjanus marginatus (Cuvier, 1828) · unaccepted
Lutjanus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) · unaccepted
Mesoprion argenteus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853 · unaccepted
Mesoprion gaimardi Bleeker, 1859 · unaccepted
Mesoprion kagoshimana Döderlein, 1883 · unaccepted
Mesoprion marginipinnis Macleay, 1883 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mesoprion maus Montrouzier, 1857 · unaccepted
Serranus limbatus Valenciennes, 1828 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Holocentrus fulvus Forster, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 318 [details]
page(s): 318 [details]
Description Inhabits coral reefs in lagoons and outer reef slopes. Juvenile sometimes found in shallow mangrove swamps and the lower...
Description Inhabits coral reefs in lagoons and outer reef slopes. Juvenile sometimes found in shallow mangrove swamps and the lower parts of freshwater streams. Feeds at night on fishes, shrimps, crabs, holothurians and cephalopods. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lutjanus fulvus (Forster, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218475 on 2025-04-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Serranus limbatus Valenciennes, 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. [details]
original description (of Holocentrus fulvus Forster, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 318 [details]
original description (of Diacope analis Valenciennes, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [details]
original description (of Diacope aurantiaca Valenciennes, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [details]
original description (of Diacope marginata 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): 425 [details]
original description (of Diacope flavipes Valenciennes, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [details]
original description (of Diacope immaculata 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): 430 [details]
original description (of Diacope xanthopus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome troisième. Suite du Livre troisième. Des percoïdes à dorsale unique à sept rayons branchiaux et à dents en velours ou en cardes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 3: i-xxviii + 2 pp. + 1-500, Pls. 41-71. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xxii + 1-368 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 495 [details]
original description (of Mesoprion gaimardi Bleeker, 1859) Bleeker, P. (1859). Enumeratio specierum piscium hucusque in Archipelago indico observatarum, adjectis habitationibus citationibusque, ubi descriptiones earum recentiores reperiuntur, nec non speciebus Musei Bleekeriani Bengalensibus, Japonicis, Capensibus Tasmanicisque. <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 6 (art. 3): i-xxxvi + 1-276. [details]
original description (of Genyoroge nigricauda De Vis, 1884) De Vis, C. W. (1884). New Australian fishes in the Queensland Museum. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 9 (pt 2): 389-400.
page(s): 391 [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 Holocentrus fulvus Forster, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 318 [details]
original description (of Diacope analis Valenciennes, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [details]
original description (of Diacope aurantiaca Valenciennes, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [details]
original description (of Diacope marginata 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): 425 [details]
original description (of Diacope flavipes Valenciennes, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [details]
original description (of Diacope immaculata 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): 430 [details]
original description (of Diacope xanthopus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome troisième. Suite du Livre troisième. Des percoïdes à dorsale unique à sept rayons branchiaux et à dents en velours ou en cardes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 3: i-xxviii + 2 pp. + 1-500, Pls. 41-71. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xxii + 1-368 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 495 [details]
original description (of Mesoprion gaimardi Bleeker, 1859) Bleeker, P. (1859). Enumeratio specierum piscium hucusque in Archipelago indico observatarum, adjectis habitationibus citationibusque, ubi descriptiones earum recentiores reperiuntur, nec non speciebus Musei Bleekeriani Bengalensibus, Japonicis, Capensibus Tasmanicisque. <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 6 (art. 3): i-xxxvi + 1-276. [details]
original description (of Genyoroge nigricauda De Vis, 1884) De Vis, C. W. (1884). New Australian fishes in the Queensland Museum. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 9 (pt 2): 389-400.
page(s): 391 [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 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]
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 coral reefs in lagoons and outer reef slopes. Juvenile sometimes found in shallow mangrove swamps and the lower parts of freshwater streams. Feeds at night on fishes, shrimps, crabs, holothurians and cephalopods. [details]
To Barcode of Life (99 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Diacope analis Valenciennes, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Lutianus fulvus (Forster, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion kagoshimana Döderlein, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus marginatus (Cuvier, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Diacope marginata Cuvier, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion gaimardi Bleeker, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Lutianus marginatoides Kendall & Goldsborough, 1911)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Diacope flavipes Valenciennes, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Holocentrus fulvus Forster, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Genyoroge nigricauda De Vis, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion argenteus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion marginipinnis Macleay, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Diacope immaculata Cuvier, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Serranus limbatus Valenciennes, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Diacope aurantiaca Valenciennes, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Lutianus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Diacope vaigiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Diacope xanthopus Cuvier, 1829)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Holocentrus fulvus Forster, 1801)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lutjanus fulvus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus limbatus Valenciennes, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Holocentrus fulvus Forster, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Lutianus marginatoides Kendall & Goldsborough, 1911)
To FishBase (from synonym Lutianus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus marginatus (Cuvier, 1828))
To FishBase (from synonym Diacope flavipes Valenciennes, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Diacope immaculata Cuvier, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Diacope aurantiaca Valenciennes, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Genyoroge nigricauda De Vis, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Diacope xanthopus Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Diacope marginata Cuvier, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Diacope vaigiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion gaimardi Bleeker, 1859)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion argenteus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion kagoshimana Döderlein, 1883)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion marginipinnis Macleay, 1883)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion maus Montrouzier, 1857)
To FishBase (from synonym Lutianus fulvus (Forster, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Diacope analis Valenciennes, 1830)
To FishBase images (Lutjanus fulvus, Marshall Is., by Randall, J.E.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (163 nucleotides; 135 proteins)
To GenBank (163 nucleotides; 135 proteins) (from synonym Lutjanus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To GenBank (163 nucleotides; 135 proteins) (from synonym Holocentrus fulvus Forster, 1801)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lutianus marginatoides P15073 illustration) (from synonym Lutianus marginatoides Kendall & Goldsborough, 1911)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lutjanus fulvus FIN030661 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lutjanus fulvus FIN030662 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Diacope analis Valenciennes, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Lutianus fulvus (Forster, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion kagoshimana Döderlein, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus marginatus (Cuvier, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Diacope marginata Cuvier, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion gaimardi Bleeker, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Lutianus marginatoides Kendall & Goldsborough, 1911)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Diacope flavipes Valenciennes, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Holocentrus fulvus Forster, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Genyoroge nigricauda De Vis, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion argenteus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion marginipinnis Macleay, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Diacope immaculata Cuvier, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Serranus limbatus Valenciennes, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Diacope aurantiaca Valenciennes, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Lutianus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Diacope vaigiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Diacope xanthopus Cuvier, 1829)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Holocentrus fulvus Forster, 1801)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lutjanus fulvus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus limbatus Valenciennes, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Holocentrus fulvus Forster, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Lutianus marginatoides Kendall & Goldsborough, 1911)
To FishBase (from synonym Lutianus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus marginatus (Cuvier, 1828))
To FishBase (from synonym Diacope flavipes Valenciennes, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Diacope immaculata Cuvier, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Diacope aurantiaca Valenciennes, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Genyoroge nigricauda De Vis, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Diacope xanthopus Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Diacope marginata Cuvier, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Diacope vaigiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion gaimardi Bleeker, 1859)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion argenteus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion kagoshimana Döderlein, 1883)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion marginipinnis Macleay, 1883)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion maus Montrouzier, 1857)
To FishBase (from synonym Lutianus fulvus (Forster, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Diacope analis Valenciennes, 1830)
To FishBase images (Lutjanus fulvus, Marshall Is., by Randall, J.E.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (163 nucleotides; 135 proteins)
To GenBank (163 nucleotides; 135 proteins) (from synonym Lutjanus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To GenBank (163 nucleotides; 135 proteins) (from synonym Holocentrus fulvus Forster, 1801)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lutianus marginatoides P15073 illustration) (from synonym Lutianus marginatoides Kendall & Goldsborough, 1911)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lutjanus fulvus FIN030661 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lutjanus fulvus FIN030662 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
