WoRMS taxon details
Atractoscion aequidens (Cuvier, 1830)
218634 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218634)
accepted
Species
Otolithus aequidens Cuvier, 1830 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Otolithus aequidens Cuvier, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome cinquième. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. v. 5: i-xxviii + 1-499 + 4 pp., Pls. 100-140. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xx + 1-374 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 66 [details]
page(s): 66 [details]
Note Type species of the genus.
Unreviewed
Type species Type species of the genus. [details]
Description Found in coastal waters, over sandy and sandy mud bottom. Juveniles enter estuaries . Adults feed on pelagic fishes at...
Description Found in coastal waters, over sandy and sandy mud bottom. Juveniles enter estuaries . Adults feed on pelagic fishes at night. Often caught with @Umbrina canariensis@. Marketed fresh and is considered an important foodfish (Ref. 9772). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Atractoscion aequidens (Cuvier, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218634 on 2025-07-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Otolithus aequidens Cuvier, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome cinquième. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. v. 5: i-xxviii + 1-499 + 4 pp., Pls. 100-140. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xx + 1-374 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 66 [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): 66 [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 in coastal waters, over sandy and sandy mud bottom. Juveniles enter estuaries . Adults feed on pelagic fishes at night. Often caught with @Umbrina canariensis@. Marketed fresh and is considered an important foodfish (Ref. 9772). [details]Type species Type species of the genus. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | geelbeck croaker | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (65 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Otolithus aequidens Cuvier, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Atractoscion aequidens)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Otolithus aequidens Cuvier, 1830)
To FishBase images (Atractoscion aequidens, Angola, by Chao, N.L.)
To GenBank (295 nucleotides; 92 proteins)
To GenBank (295 nucleotides; 92 proteins) (from synonym Otolithus aequidens Cuvier, 1830)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Otolithus aequidens Cuvier, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Atractoscion aequidens)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Otolithus aequidens Cuvier, 1830)
To FishBase images (Atractoscion aequidens, Angola, by Chao, N.L.)
To GenBank (295 nucleotides; 92 proteins)
To GenBank (295 nucleotides; 92 proteins) (from synonym Otolithus aequidens Cuvier, 1830)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To ITIS
