WoRMS taxon details
Prionurus Lacepède, 1804
270505 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:270505)
accepted
Genus
Prionurinae Smith, 1966 accepted as Acanthuridae Bonaparte, 1835
Xesurus Jordan & Evermann, 1896 · unaccepted
- Species Prionurus biafraensis (Blache & Rossignol, 1962)
- Species Prionurus chrysurus Randall, 2001
- Species Prionurus laticlavius (Valenciennes, 1846)
- Species Prionurus maculatus Ogilby, 1887
- Species Prionurus microlepidotus Lacepède, 1804
- Species Prionurus punctatus Gill, 1862
- Species Prionurus scalprum Valenciennes, 1835
- Species Prionurus clarionis (Gilbert & Starks, 1897) accepted as Prionurus laticlavius (Valenciennes, 1846) (junior synonym)
- Species Prionurus eoume Lesson, 1831 accepted as Cyphomycter eoume (Lesson, 1830) accepted as Naso lituratus (Forster, 1801) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Prionurus hopkinsi (Gilbert & Starks, 1904) accepted as Prionurus laticlavius (Valenciennes, 1846) (junior synonym)
- Species Prionurus scalprus Valenciennes, 1835 accepted as Prionurus scalprum Valenciennes, 1835 (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lacepède, B. G. E. D. (1804). Mémoire sur plusieurs animaux de la Nouvelle-Hollande dont la description n'a pas encore été publiée. <em>Annals du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 4, 184-211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29642633 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Prionurus Lacepède, 1804. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=270505 on 2026-07-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Lacepède, B. G. E. D. (1804). Mémoire sur plusieurs animaux de la Nouvelle-Hollande dont la description n'a pas encore été publiée. <em>Annals du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 4, 184-211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29642633 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ニザダイ属 | [details] |
