WoRMS taxon details
Pomadasys multimaculatus (Playfair, 1867)
401886 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:401886)
accepted
Species
Pomadasys multimaculatum (Playfair, 1867) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pristipoma multimaculatum Playfair, 1867 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pristipoma multimaculatum Playfair, 1867) Playfair, R. L.; Günther, A. (1867). The fishes of Zanzibar, with a list of the fishes of the whole east coast of Africa. <em>London.</em> i-xiv + 1-153, Pls. 1-21. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pomadasys multimaculatus (Playfair, 1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=401886 on 2025-04-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pristipoma multimaculatum Playfair, 1867) Playfair, R. L.; Günther, A. (1867). The fishes of Zanzibar, with a list of the fishes of the whole east coast of Africa. <em>London.</em> i-xiv + 1-153, Pls. 1-21. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | cock grunter [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pomadasys multimaculatum (Playfair, 1867))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pristipoma multimaculatum Playfair, 1867)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pomadasys multimaculatum (Playfair, 1867))
To FishBase (from synonym Pristipoma multimaculatum Playfair, 1867)
To FishBase images (Pomadasys multimaculatum, by FAO) (from synonym Pomadasys multimaculatum (Playfair, 1867))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Pristipoma multimaculatum Playfair in Playfair & Günther, 1867; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3100439) (from synonym Pristipoma multimaculatum Playfair, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pomadasys multimaculatum (Playfair, 1867))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pristipoma multimaculatum Playfair, 1867)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pomadasys multimaculatum (Playfair, 1867))
To FishBase (from synonym Pristipoma multimaculatum Playfair, 1867)
To FishBase images (Pomadasys multimaculatum, by FAO) (from synonym Pomadasys multimaculatum (Playfair, 1867))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Pristipoma multimaculatum Playfair in Playfair & Günther, 1867; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3100439) (from synonym Pristipoma multimaculatum Playfair, 1867)
