WoRMS taxon details
Medialuna californiensis (Steindachner, 1876)
281541 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281541)
accepted
Species
Scorpis californiensis Steindachner, 1876 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scorpis californiensis Steindachner, 1876) Steindachner, F. (1875). Ichthyologische Beiträge (III). Bemerkungen über Serranus nebulifer und S. clathratus sp. Gird. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 72 (1. Abth.): 29-96, Pls. 1-8. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Medialuna californiensis (Steindachner, 1876). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281541 on 2026-01-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scorpis californiensis Steindachner, 1876) Steindachner, F. (1875). Ichthyologische Beiträge (III). Bemerkungen über Serranus nebulifer und S. clathratus sp. Gird. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 72 (1. Abth.): 29-96, Pls. 1-8. [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 Epipelagic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | halfmoon | [details] |
| French | demi-lune | [details] |
| Spanish | chopa medialuna | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Scorpis californiensis Steindachner, 1876)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Medialuna californiensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpis californiensis Steindachner, 1876)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Scorpis californiensis Steindachner, 1876)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Scorpis californiensis Steindachner, 1876)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Medialuna californiensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpis californiensis Steindachner, 1876)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Scorpis californiensis Steindachner, 1876)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
