WoRMS taxon details
Pteragogus flagellifer (Valenciennes, 1839)
219052 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219052)
accepted
Species
Ctenolabrus flagellifer Valenciennes, 1839 · unaccepted
Daymaeria flagellifera (Valenciennes, 1839) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Duymaeria flagellifera (Valenciennes, 1839) · unaccepted
Labrus ramentosus Forsskål, 1775 · unaccepted > nomen oblitum
Pteragogus flagellifera (Valenciennes, 1839) · unaccepted
Pteragogus flagelliferum (Valenciennes, 1839) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ctenolabrus flagellifer Valenciennes, 1839) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1839). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome treizième. Livre seizième. Des Labroïdes. v. 13, pp i-xix + 1-505 + 1 p., Pls. 369-388. [details]
Description Inhabits weedy, rocky reefs (Ref. 559). Edible but not tasty (Ref. 559).
Description Inhabits weedy, rocky reefs (Ref. 559). Edible but not tasty (Ref. 559). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pteragogus flagellifer (Valenciennes, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219052 on 2026-08-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ctenolabrus flagellifer Valenciennes, 1839) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1839). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome treizième. Livre seizième. Des Labroïdes. v. 13, pp i-xix + 1-505 + 1 p., Pls. 369-388. [details]
original description (of Labrus ramentosus Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 34, xi [details]
basis of record Smith, J.L.B. (1956). The fishes of Aldabra. Part VI. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist 12 (9): 817-829 [details]
original description (of Labrus ramentosus Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 34, xi [details]
basis of record Smith, J.L.B. (1956). The fishes of Aldabra. Part VI. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist 12 (9): 817-829 [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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits weedy, rocky reefs (Ref. 559). Edible but not tasty (Ref. 559). [details]Remark In Cuvier & Valenciennes [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | cocktail wrasse | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pteragogus flagellifera (Valenciennes, 1839))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Duymaeria flagellifera (Valenciennes, 1839))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Ctenolabrus flagellifer Valenciennes, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Labrus ramentosus Forsskål, 1775)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pteragogus flagellifer)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Daymaeria flagellifera (Valenciennes, 1839))
To FishBase (from synonym Pteragogus flagelliferum (Valenciennes, 1839))
To FishBase (from synonym Duymaeria flagellifera (Valenciennes, 1839))
To FishBase (from synonym Ctenolabrus flagellifer Valenciennes, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Pteragogus flagellifera (Valenciennes, 1839))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 36 proteins) (from synonym Ctenolabrus flagellifer Valenciennes, 1839)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 36 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pteragogus flagellifer FIN030342 Slide 35 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pteragogus flagellifer FIN030343 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pteragogus flagellifera (Valenciennes, 1839))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Duymaeria flagellifera (Valenciennes, 1839))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Ctenolabrus flagellifer Valenciennes, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Labrus ramentosus Forsskål, 1775)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pteragogus flagellifer)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Daymaeria flagellifera (Valenciennes, 1839))
To FishBase (from synonym Pteragogus flagelliferum (Valenciennes, 1839))
To FishBase (from synonym Duymaeria flagellifera (Valenciennes, 1839))
To FishBase (from synonym Ctenolabrus flagellifer Valenciennes, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Pteragogus flagellifera (Valenciennes, 1839))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 36 proteins) (from synonym Ctenolabrus flagellifer Valenciennes, 1839)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 36 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pteragogus flagellifer FIN030342 Slide 35 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pteragogus flagellifer FIN030343 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
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