WoRMS taxon details
Macrospinosa cuja (Hamilton, 1822)
281484 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281484)
accepted
Species
Bola cuja Hamilton, 1822 · unaccepted (synonym)
Johnius cujus (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted
Sciaena cuja (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Bola cuja Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6897
page(s): 81, 369, Pl. 12 (fig. 27) [details]
page(s): 81, 369, Pl. 12 (fig. 27) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Macrospinosa cuja (Hamilton, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281484 on 2026-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bola cuja Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6897
page(s): 81, 369, Pl. 12 (fig. 27) [details]
page(s): 81, 369, Pl. 12 (fig. 27) [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 (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Johnius cujus (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Bola cuja Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Sciaena cuja (Hamilton, 1822))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Macrospinosa cuja)
To FishBase (from synonym Johnius cujus (Hamilton, 1822))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sciaena cuja (Hamilton, 1822))
To FishBase (from synonym Bola cuja Hamilton, 1822)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Johnius cujus (Hamilton, 1822))
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Bola cuja Hamilton, 1822)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Johnius cujus (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Bola cuja Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Sciaena cuja (Hamilton, 1822))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Macrospinosa cuja)
To FishBase (from synonym Johnius cujus (Hamilton, 1822))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sciaena cuja (Hamilton, 1822))
To FishBase (from synonym Bola cuja Hamilton, 1822)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Johnius cujus (Hamilton, 1822))
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Bola cuja Hamilton, 1822)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
