WoRMS taxon details
Lithognathus lithognathus (Cuvier, 1829)
218604 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218604)
accepted
Species
Lithognathus capensis (Swainson, 1839) · unaccepted
Lithognatus lithognathus (Cuvier, 1829) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pagellus capensis Swainson, 1839 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pagellus lithognathus (Cuvier, 1829) · unaccepted
Pagrus lithognathus Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pagrus lithognathus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 183 [details]
page(s): 183 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Lithognathus lithognathus (Cuvier, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218604 on 2026-03-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pagrus lithognathus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 183 [details]
original description (of Pagellus capensis Swainson, 1839) Swainson, W. (1839). On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. <em>Spottiswoode & Co., London.</em> v. 2: i-vi + 1-452. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): 183 [details]
original description (of Pagellus capensis Swainson, 1839) Swainson, W. (1839). On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. <em>Spottiswoode & Co., London.</em> v. 2: i-vi + 1-452. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Lithognathus capensis (Swainson, 1839))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Pagellus lithognathus (Cuvier, 1829))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Pagrus lithognathus Cuvier, 1829)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lithognathus lithognathus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lithognathus capensis (Swainson, 1839))
To FishBase (from synonym Lithognatus lithognathus (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Pagellus capensis Swainson, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Pagrus lithognathus Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Pagellus lithognathus (Cuvier, 1829))
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Pagrus lithognathus Cuvier, 1829)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Lithognathus capensis (Swainson, 1839))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Pagellus lithognathus (Cuvier, 1829))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Pagrus lithognathus Cuvier, 1829)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lithognathus lithognathus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lithognathus capensis (Swainson, 1839))
To FishBase (from synonym Lithognatus lithognathus (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Pagellus capensis Swainson, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Pagrus lithognathus Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Pagellus lithognathus (Cuvier, 1829))
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Pagrus lithognathus Cuvier, 1829)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
