WoRMS taxon details
Sphyraena afra Peters, 1844
273977 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273977)
accepted
Species
Sphyraena hupferi Fischer, 1885 · unaccepted
Sphyraena piscatorum Cadenat, 1964 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Peters, W. (C. H.). (1844). Über einige neue Fische und Amphibien aus Angola und Mozambique. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1844: 32-37. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Sphyraena afra Peters, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273977 on 2026-01-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Peters, W. (C. H.). (1844). Über einige neue Fische und Amphibien aus Angola und Mozambique. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1844: 32-37. [details]
original description (of Sphyraena piscatorum Cadenat, 1964) Cadenat, J. (1964). Notes d'Ichthyologie ouest-africaine. XLI. -- Les Sphyraenidae de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire (Sér A) Sciences Naturelles.</em> 26(2): 659–685, Pls. 1–5. [details]
original description (of Sphyraena piscatorum Cadenat, 1964) Cadenat, J. (1964). Notes d'Ichthyologie ouest-africaine. XLI. -- Les Sphyraenidae de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire (Sér A) Sciences Naturelles.</em> 26(2): 659–685, Pls. 1–5. [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sphyraena hupferi Fischer, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Sphyraena piscatorum Cadenat, 1964)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sphyraena hupferi Fischer, 1885)
To FishBase (from synonym Sphyraena piscatorum Cadenat, 1964)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sphyraena hupferi Fischer, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Sphyraena piscatorum Cadenat, 1964)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sphyraena hupferi Fischer, 1885)
To FishBase (from synonym Sphyraena piscatorum Cadenat, 1964)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
