WoRMS taxon details
Pempheris mangula Cuvier, 1829
218703 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218703)
accepted
Species
Pempheris erythraea Kossmann & Räuber, 1877 · unaccepted
Pempheris russellii Day, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pimepheris mangula Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pempheris mangula Cuvier, 1829. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218703 on 2026-01-14
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Nomenclature
original description
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 [details]
original description (of Pempheris russellii Day, 1888) Day, F. (1888). The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to Inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Suppl.: 779-816. [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]
original description (of Pempheris russellii Day, 1888) Day, F. (1888). The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to Inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Suppl.: 779-816. [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 (14 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Pempheris russellii Day, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Pempheris erythraea Kossmann & Räuber, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (61 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pempheris mangula)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pempheris russellii) (from synonym Pempheris russellii Day, 1888)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pempheris erythraea Kossmann & Räuber, 1877)
To FishBase (from synonym Pimepheris mangula Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Pempheris russellii Day, 1888)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Pempheris russellii Day, 1888)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pempheris mangula FIN031711 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pempheris russellii USNM 343806 radiograph) (from synonym Pempheris russellii Day, 1888)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Pempheris russellii Day, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Pempheris erythraea Kossmann & Räuber, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (61 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pempheris mangula)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pempheris russellii) (from synonym Pempheris russellii Day, 1888)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pempheris erythraea Kossmann & Räuber, 1877)
To FishBase (from synonym Pimepheris mangula Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Pempheris russellii Day, 1888)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Pempheris russellii Day, 1888)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pempheris mangula FIN031711 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pempheris russellii USNM 343806 radiograph) (from synonym Pempheris russellii Day, 1888)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally, from synonym
