WoRMS taxon details
Pervagor spilosoma (Lay & Bennett, 1839)
279224 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279224)
accepted
Species
Monacanthus spilosoma Lay & Bennett, 1839 · unaccepted
Stephanolepis pricei Snyder, 1904 · unaccepted
Stephanolepis spilosoma (Lay & Bennett, 1839) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Monacanthus spilosoma Lay & Bennett, 1839) Lay, G. T. ; Bennett, E. T. (1839). Fishes. <em>In: F.W. Beechey (ed.) The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage, comp. from the collections ... to the Pacific and Behring's Straits... in 1825-28. H. G. Bohn, London.</em> Pp. 41-75, Pls. 15-23. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pervagor spilosoma (Lay & Bennett, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279224 on 2026-04-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Monacanthus spilosoma Lay & Bennett, 1839) Lay, G. T. ; Bennett, E. T. (1839). Fishes. <em>In: F.W. Beechey (ed.) The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage, comp. from the collections ... to the Pacific and Behring's Straits... in 1825-28. H. G. Bohn, London.</em> Pp. 41-75, Pls. 15-23. [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
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Stephanolepis pricei Snyder, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Monacanthus spilosoma Lay & Bennett, 1839)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Fantail Filefish)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Hawaiian filefish)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pervagor spilosoma)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Stephanolepis pricei Snyder, 1904)
To FishBase (from synonym Monacanthus spilosoma Lay & Bennett, 1839)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Monacanthus spilosoma Lay & Bennett, 1839)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pervagor spilosoma FIN030930 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pervagor spilosoma FIN030931 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stephanolepis pricei P05207 illustration) (from synonym Stephanolepis pricei Snyder, 1904)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Stephanolepis pricei Snyder, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Monacanthus spilosoma Lay & Bennett, 1839)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Fantail Filefish)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Hawaiian filefish)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pervagor spilosoma)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Stephanolepis pricei Snyder, 1904)
To FishBase (from synonym Monacanthus spilosoma Lay & Bennett, 1839)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Monacanthus spilosoma Lay & Bennett, 1839)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pervagor spilosoma FIN030930 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pervagor spilosoma FIN030931 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stephanolepis pricei P05207 illustration) (from synonym Stephanolepis pricei Snyder, 1904)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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