WoRMS taxon details
Bodianus pulchellus (Poey, 1860)
273540 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273540)
accepted
Species
Cossyphus pulchellus Poey, 1860 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cossyphus pulchellus 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. Bodianus pulchellus (Poey, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273540 on 2026-10-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cossyphus pulchellus 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]
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 (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [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 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 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Pathway/vector Other (Ornamental Trade) [details]
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Cossyphus pulchellus Poey, 1860)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bodianus pulchellus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cossyphus pulchellus Poey, 1860)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Cossyphus pulchellus Poey, 1860)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bodianus pulchellus RAD116999-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bodianus pulchellus RAD117000-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Cossyphus pulchellus Poey, 1860)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bodianus pulchellus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cossyphus pulchellus Poey, 1860)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Cossyphus pulchellus Poey, 1860)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bodianus pulchellus RAD116999-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bodianus pulchellus RAD117000-001)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
