WoRMS taxon details
Prognathodes aculeatus (Poey, 1860)
273369 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273369)
accepted
Species
Chaetodon aculeatus (Poey, 1860) · unaccepted
Chaetodon unicolor Sauvage, 1880 · unaccepted
Chelmo pelta Günther, 1860 · unaccepted
Chelmon aculeatus Poey, 1860 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chelmon aculeatus Poey, 1860) Poey, F. (1858-1861). Memorias sobra la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompañadas de sumarios Latinos y extractos en Francés. 2: 1-96 (1858), 97-336 (1860), 337-442 (1861), pls. 1-19; La Habana ["1856-1858"]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2513061 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Prognathodes aculeatus (Poey, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273369 on 2026-07-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chaetodon unicolor Sauvage, 1880) Sauvage, H.-E. (1880). Description de quelques poissons de la collection du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série).</em> v. 4: 220-228. [Also as a separate, pp. 10-18]. [details]
original description (of Chelmon aculeatus Poey, 1860) Poey, F. (1858-1861). Memorias sobra la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompañadas de sumarios Latinos y extractos en Francés. 2: 1-96 (1858), 97-336 (1860), 337-442 (1861), pls. 1-19; La Habana ["1856-1858"]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2513061 [details]
original description (of Chelmo pelta Günther, 1860) Günther, A. (1860). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae. <em>British Museum London.</em> v. 2: i-xxi + 1-548. [details]
original description (of Chelmon aculeatus Poey, 1860) Poey, F. (1858-1861). Memorias sobra la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompañadas de sumarios Latinos y extractos en Francés. 2: 1-96 (1858), 97-336 (1860), 337-442 (1861), pls. 1-19; La Habana ["1856-1858"]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2513061 [details]
original description (of Chelmo pelta Günther, 1860) Günther, A. (1860). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae. <em>British Museum London.</em> v. 2: i-xxi + 1-548. [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
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 McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Chelmo pelta Günther, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon unicolor Sauvage, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon aculeatus (Poey, 1860))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Chelmon aculeatus Poey, 1860)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prognathodes aculeatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon aculeatus (Poey, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon unicolor Sauvage, 1880)
To FishBase (from synonym Chelmo pelta Günther, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Chelmon aculeatus Poey, 1860)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Chaetodon aculeatus (Poey, 1860))
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Chelmon aculeatus Poey, 1860)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Chelmo pelta Günther, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon unicolor Sauvage, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon aculeatus (Poey, 1860))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Chelmon aculeatus Poey, 1860)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prognathodes aculeatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon aculeatus (Poey, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon unicolor Sauvage, 1880)
To FishBase (from synonym Chelmo pelta Günther, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Chelmon aculeatus Poey, 1860)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Chaetodon aculeatus (Poey, 1860))
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Chelmon aculeatus Poey, 1860)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
