WoRMS taxon details
Pristipomoides macrophthalmus (Müller & Troschel, 1848)
276555 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276555)
accepted
Species
Centropristes macrophthalmus Müller & Troschel, 1848 · unaccepted
Mesoprion vorax Poey, 1860 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Centropristes macrophthalmus Müller & Troschel, 1848) Schomburgk, R. H. (1848). The history of Barbados; comprising a geographical description of the island and an account of its geology and natural productions. London. i-xx + 1-722. 7 pls. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pristipomoides macrophthalmus (Müller & Troschel, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276555 on 2026-05-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Centropristes macrophthalmus Müller & Troschel, 1848) Schomburgk, R. H. (1848). The history of Barbados; comprising a geographical description of the island and an account of its geology and natural productions. London. i-xx + 1-722. 7 pls. [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
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion vorax Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Centropristes macrophthalmus Müller & Troschel, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pristipomoides macrophthalmus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Centropristes macrophthalmus Müller & Troschel, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion vorax Poey, 1860)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Centropristes macrophthalmus Müller & Troschel, 1848)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion vorax Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Centropristes macrophthalmus Müller & Troschel, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pristipomoides macrophthalmus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Centropristes macrophthalmus Müller & Troschel, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion vorax Poey, 1860)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Centropristes macrophthalmus Müller & Troschel, 1848)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
