WoRMS taxon details
Alphestes multiguttatus (Günther, 1867)
279569 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279569)
accepted
Species
Epinephelus multiguttatus (Günther, 1867) · unaccepted
Plectropoma multiguttatum Günther, 1867 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Plectropoma multiguttatum Günther, 1867) Günther, A. (1867). On the fishes of the states of Central America, founded upon specimens collected in fresh and marine waters of various parts of that country by Messrs. Salvin and Godman and Capt. J. M. Dow. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866.</em> (pt 3): 600-604. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Alphestes multiguttatus (Günther, 1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279569 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Plectropoma multiguttatum Günther, 1867) Günther, A. (1867). On the fishes of the states of Central America, founded upon specimens collected in fresh and marine waters of various parts of that country by Messrs. Salvin and Godman and Capt. J. M. Dow. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866.</em> (pt 3): 600-604. [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 (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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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]





To Barcode of Life (17 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Plectropoma multiguttatum Günther, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus multiguttatus (Günther, 1867))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alphestes multiguttatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus multiguttatus (Günther, 1867))
To FishBase (from synonym Plectropoma multiguttatum Günther, 1867)
To FishBase images (Alphestes multiguttatus, El Salvador, by Munson, L.)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Plectropoma multiguttatum Günther, 1867)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Plectropoma multiguttatum Günther, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus multiguttatus (Günther, 1867))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alphestes multiguttatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus multiguttatus (Günther, 1867))
To FishBase (from synonym Plectropoma multiguttatum Günther, 1867)
To FishBase images (Alphestes multiguttatus, El Salvador, by Munson, L.)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Plectropoma multiguttatum Günther, 1867)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS