WoRMS taxon details
Polycentrus schomburgkii Müller & Troschel, 1849
282313 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282313)
accepted
Species
Labrus punctatus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Mesonauta surinamensis Sauvage, 1882 · unaccepted
Polycentrus schomburgki Müller & Troschel, 1849 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Polycentrus tricolor Gill, 1858 · unaccepted
Müller, J.; Troschel, F. H. (1849). Fische. <em>In: Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840-44. Im Auftrag Sr. Mäjestat des Königs von Preussen ausgeführt von Richard Schomburgk. [Versuch einer Fauna und Flora von Britisch-Guiana.] v. 3. Berlin.</em> pp. 618-644. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Polycentrus schomburgkii Müller & Troschel, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282313 on 2026-01-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Müller, J.; Troschel, F. H. (1849). Fische. <em>In: Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840-44. Im Auftrag Sr. Mäjestat des Königs von Preussen ausgeführt von Richard Schomburgk. [Versuch einer Fauna und Flora von Britisch-Guiana.] v. 3. Berlin.</em> pp. 618-644. [details]
original description (of Labrus punctatus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Mesonauta surinamensis Sauvage, 1882) Sauvage, H.-E. (1882). Description de quelques poissons de la collection du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série).</em> v. 6: 168-176. [details]
original description (of Polycentrus tricolor Gill, 1858) Gill, T. N. (1858). Synopsis of the fresh water fishes of the western portion of the island of Trinidad West Indies. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> v. 6 (nos 10-13, art. 38): 363-430. [Also appeared as a separate, pp. 1-70.]. [details]
original description (of Labrus punctatus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Mesonauta surinamensis Sauvage, 1882) Sauvage, H.-E. (1882). Description de quelques poissons de la collection du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série).</em> v. 6: 168-176. [details]
original description (of Polycentrus tricolor Gill, 1858) Gill, T. N. (1858). Synopsis of the fresh water fishes of the western portion of the island of Trinidad West Indies. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> v. 6 (nos 10-13, art. 38): 363-430. [Also appeared as a separate, pp. 1-70.]. [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 (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Polycentrus tricolor Gill, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Polycentrus schomburgki Müller & Troschel, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Mesonauta surinamensis Sauvage, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (54 publications) (from synonym Labrus punctatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polycentrus schomburgkii)
To Fishbase (from synonym Labrus punctatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Fishbase (from synonym Mesonauta surinamensis Sauvage, 1882)
To Fishbase (from synonym Polycentrus schomburgki Müller & Troschel, 1849)
To Fishbase (from synonym Polycentrus tricolor Gill, 1858)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Labrus punctatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Polycentrus tricolor Gill, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Polycentrus schomburgki Müller & Troschel, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Mesonauta surinamensis Sauvage, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (54 publications) (from synonym Labrus punctatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polycentrus schomburgkii)
To Fishbase (from synonym Labrus punctatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Fishbase (from synonym Mesonauta surinamensis Sauvage, 1882)
To Fishbase (from synonym Polycentrus schomburgki Müller & Troschel, 1849)
To Fishbase (from synonym Polycentrus tricolor Gill, 1858)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Labrus punctatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
