WoRMS taxon details
Hypoplectrus puella (Cuvier, 1828)
281120 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281120)
accepted
Species
Hypoplectrus vitulinus (Poey, 1852) · unaccepted
Plectropoma puella Cuvier, 1828 · unaccepted
Plectropoma vitulinum Poey, 1852 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Plectropoma puella Cuvier, 1828) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7339
page(s): 405, Pl. 37 [details]
page(s): 405, Pl. 37 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Hypoplectrus puella (Cuvier, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281120 on 2026-06-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Plectropoma puella Cuvier, 1828) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7339
page(s): 405, Pl. 37 [details]
page(s): 405, Pl. 37 [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 (38 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Plectropoma vitulinum Poey, 1852)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Hypoplectrus vitulinus (Poey, 1852))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Plectropoma puella Cuvier, 1828)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hypoplectrus puella)
To FishBase (from synonym Plectropoma vitulinum Poey, 1852)
To FishBase (from synonym Plectropoma puella Cuvier, 1828)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Hypoplectrus vitulinus (Poey, 1852))
To GenBank (14481 nucleotides; 141 proteins) (from synonym Plectropoma puella Cuvier, 1828)
To GenBank (14481 nucleotides; 141 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hypoplectrus puella USNM 413367 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hypoplectrus puella USNM 413368 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Plectropoma vitulinum Poey, 1852)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Hypoplectrus vitulinus (Poey, 1852))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Plectropoma puella Cuvier, 1828)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hypoplectrus puella)
To FishBase (from synonym Plectropoma vitulinum Poey, 1852)
To FishBase (from synonym Plectropoma puella Cuvier, 1828)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Hypoplectrus vitulinus (Poey, 1852))
To GenBank (14481 nucleotides; 141 proteins) (from synonym Plectropoma puella Cuvier, 1828)
To GenBank (14481 nucleotides; 141 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hypoplectrus puella USNM 413367 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hypoplectrus puella USNM 413368 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
