WoRMS taxon details
Polysteganus undulosus (Regan, 1908)
218617 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218617)
accepted
Species
Dentex undulosus Regan, 1908 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Dentex undulosus Regan, 1908) Regan, C. T. (1908). A collection of fishes from the coasts of Natal, Zululand, and Cape Colony. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> v. 1 (pt 3): 241-255, Pls. 37-42. [details]
Description Found over rocky reef and banks of deep waters. Carnivorous species which feeds mainly on fish and squid (Ref. 5213). An...
Description Found over rocky reef and banks of deep waters. Carnivorous species which feeds mainly on fish and squid (Ref. 5213). An excellent food. Sold fresh in markets. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Polysteganus undulosus (Regan, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218617 on 2025-04-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Dentex undulosus Regan, 1908) Regan, C. T. (1908). A collection of fishes from the coasts of Natal, Zululand, and Cape Colony. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> v. 1 (pt 3): 241-255, Pls. 37-42. [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]
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 Found over rocky reef and banks of deep waters. Carnivorous species which feeds mainly on fish and squid (Ref. 5213). An excellent food. Sold fresh in markets. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | seventy-four seabream | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Dentex undulosus Regan, 1908)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polysteganus undulosus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Dentex undulosus Regan, 1908)
To FishBase images (Polysteganus undulosus, by FAO)
To GenBank (92 nucleotides; 97 proteins)
To GenBank (92 nucleotides; 97 proteins) (from synonym Dentex undulosus Regan, 1908)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Dentex undulosus Regan, 1908)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polysteganus undulosus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Dentex undulosus Regan, 1908)
To FishBase images (Polysteganus undulosus, by FAO)
To GenBank (92 nucleotides; 97 proteins)
To GenBank (92 nucleotides; 97 proteins) (from synonym Dentex undulosus Regan, 1908)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To ITIS
