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Luvarus imperialis Rafinesque, 1810

To FishBase images (<i>Luvarus imperialis</i>, Spain, by Sacristan, C.)
To FishBase images (Luvarus imperialis, Spain, by Sacristan, C.)

126974  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126974)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Acanthuriformes (Order)
  11. Luvaridae (Family)
  12. Luvarus (Genus)
  13. Luvarus imperialis (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964
page(s): 22 [details] OpenAccess publication
Distribution Scattered records from Conn. To s. Fla. And e. Gulf of Mexico; worldwide in temperate seas  
Distribution Scattered records from Conn. To s. Fla. And e. Gulf of Mexico; worldwide in temperate seas [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Luvarus imperialis Rafinesque, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126974 on 2025-05-07
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964
page(s): 22 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Astrodermus elegans Bonaparte, 1839) Bonaparte, C. L. (1839). Iconografia della fauna italica per le quattro classi degli animali vertebrati. <em>Tomo III. Pesci. Roma.</em> Fasc. 24-26, puntata 121-135, 8 pls.
page(s): fasc. 26, punt. 133, Pl. 127 (fig. 1) [details] 

original description (of Astrodermus guttatus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 216 [details] 

original description (of Diana valenciennesii Cocco & Scuderi, 1835) Cocco, A.; Scudery, L. (1835). Su di un nuovo pesce del mare di Messina. <em>Giornale di Scienze Lettere e Arti per La Sicilia Anno 8.</em> v. 51 (no. 153): 264-270, 1 pl.
page(s): 264 [details] 

original description (of Astrodermus coryphaenoides Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517
page(s): 353, Pl. 270 [details] 

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [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] OpenAccess publication

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details] 

additional source Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details] 

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [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 Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 22 [details] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Distribution Scattered records from Conn. To s. Fla. And e. Gulf of Mexico; worldwide in temperate seas [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
Albanian peshku imperatorpeshk zumpare  [details]
English luvarlouvar  [details]
French louvereau  [details]
Japanese アマシイラ  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Λούβαρος  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål luvar  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk luvar  [details]
Russian Луварь  [details]
Spanish emperador  [details]
Turkish imparator baligi  [details]
To Barcode of Life (17 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Astroderma plumbeum Lowe, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Proctostegus proctostegus Nardo, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Astrodermus guttatus Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (188 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Coryphaena elegans Cuvier, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Astrodermus elegans Bonaparte, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Ausonia cuvieri Risso, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Luvaris imperialis Rafinesque, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Astrodermus coryphaenoides Bonelli, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Proctostegus prototypus Nardo, 1827)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Luvarus imperialis) 
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Coryphaena elegans Cuvier, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Astroderma plumbeum Lowe, 1843)
To FishBase (from synonym Astrodermus elegans Bonaparte, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Astrodermus coryphaenoides Bonelli, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Luvaris imperialis Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Proctostegus prototypus Nardo, 1827)
To FishBase (from synonym Luvar imperialis Rafinesque, 1810)
To Fishbase (from synonym Astrodermus coryphaenoides Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Diana semilunata Risso, 1827)
To FishBase (from synonym Diana valenciennesii Cocco & Scuderi, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Proctostegus proctostegus Nardo, 1827)
To FishBase (from synonym Astrodermus guttatus Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Ausonia cuvieri Risso, 1827)
To FishBase images (Luvarus imperialis, Spain, by Sacristan, C.) 
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 85 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To PESI 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
To FishBase images (<i>Luvarus imperialis</i>, Spain, by Sacristan, C.)
To FishBase images (Luvarus imperialis, Spain, by Sacristan, C.)
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