WoRMS taxon details
Pempheris compressa (White, 1790)
277058 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:277058)
accepted
Species
Kurtus argenteus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pempheris compressus (White, 1790) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pempheris touea Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sparus compressus White, 1790 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Sparus compressus White, 1790) White, J. (1790). Journal of a voyage to New South Wales with sixty-five plates of non descript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions. <em>J. D. Piccadilly, London.</em> i-xvi (unnumbered) + 1-299 + i-xxxv (unnumbered), Pls. 1-65., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.118604
page(s): 267, Pl. 53 (fig. 2) [details]
page(s): 267, Pl. 53 (fig. 2) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pempheris compressa (White, 1790). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277058 on 2026-09-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Kurtus argenteus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=471
page(s): 164, Pl. 41 [details]
original description (of Pempheris touea Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 195 [details]
original description (of Sparus compressus White, 1790) White, J. (1790). Journal of a voyage to New South Wales with sixty-five plates of non descript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions. <em>J. D. Piccadilly, London.</em> i-xvi (unnumbered) + 1-299 + i-xxxv (unnumbered), Pls. 1-65., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.118604
page(s): 267, Pl. 53 (fig. 2) [details]
page(s): 164, Pl. 41 [details]
original description (of Pempheris touea Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 195 [details]
original description (of Sparus compressus White, 1790) White, J. (1790). Journal of a voyage to New South Wales with sixty-five plates of non descript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions. <em>J. D. Piccadilly, London.</em> i-xvi (unnumbered) + 1-299 + i-xxxv (unnumbered), Pls. 1-65., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.118604
page(s): 267, Pl. 53 (fig. 2) [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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Pempheris compressus (White, 1790))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Sparus compressus White, 1790)
To FishBase (from synonym Pempheris compressus (White, 1790))
To FishBase (from synonym Sparus compressus White, 1790)
To FishBase (from synonym Pempheris touea Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Kurtus argenteus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Sparus compressus White, 1790)
To FishBase (from synonym Pempheris compressus (White, 1790))
To FishBase (from synonym Sparus compressus White, 1790)
To FishBase (from synonym Pempheris touea Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Kurtus argenteus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase
To ITIS
