WoRMS taxon details
Nicholsina usta (Valenciennes, 1840)
159298 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159298)
accepted
Species
Calliodon retractus Poey, 1868 · unaccepted
Callyodon ustus Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
Cryptotomus beryllinus Jordan & Swain, 1884 · unaccepted
Cryptotomus dentiens (Poey, 1861) · unaccepted
Cryptotomus retractus (Poey, 1868) · unaccepted
Nicholsina usta usta (Valenciennes, 1840) · unaccepted
Scarus dentiens Poey, 1861 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Nicholsina usta collettei Schultz, 1968 accepted as Nicholsina collettei Schultz, 1968
- Subspecies Nicholsina usta usta (Valenciennes, 1840) accepted as Nicholsina usta (Valenciennes, 1840)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Callyodon ustus Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: New Jersey, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Absent in Bermuda, Bahamas and West Indies
Distribution Western Atlantic: New Jersey, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Absent in Bermuda, Bahamas and West Indies [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Nicholsina usta (Valenciennes, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159298 on 2025-05-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cryptotomus beryllinus Jordan & Swain, 1884) Jordan, D. S.; Swain, J. (1884). Descriptions of scaroid fishes from Havana and Key West, including five new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 7 (no. 414): 81-102. [details]
original description (of Callyodon ustus Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]
original description (of Callyodon auropunctatus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]
basis of record 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]
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]
original description (of Callyodon ustus Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]
original description (of Callyodon auropunctatus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]
basis of record 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]
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] 
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [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 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 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 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: New Jersey, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Absent in Bermuda, Bahamas and West Indies [details]
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Cryptotomus retractus (Poey, 1868))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Callyodon ustus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Cryptotomus beryllinus Jordan & Swain, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Cryptotomus dentiens (Poey, 1861))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Calliodon retractus Poey, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Scarus dentiens Poey, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nicholsina usta)
To FishBase (from synonym Cryptotomus beryllinus Jordan & Swain, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Nicholsina usta usta (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus dentiens Poey, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Cryptotomus retractus (Poey, 1868))
To FishBase (from synonym Callyodon ustus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Cryptotomus dentiens (Poey, 1861))
To FishBase (from synonym Calliodon retractus Poey, 1868)
To FishBase images (Nicholsina usta usta, USA, by Cox, C.D.) (from synonym Nicholsina usta usta (Valenciennes, 1840))
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Callyodon ustus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cryptotomus beryllinus RAD113327-001) (from synonym Cryptotomus beryllinus Jordan & Swain, 1884)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cryptotomus beryllinus RAD113328-001) (from synonym Cryptotomus beryllinus Jordan & Swain, 1884)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Nicholsina usta RAD112530-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Nicholsina usta RAD112530-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Cryptotomus retractus (Poey, 1868))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Callyodon ustus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Cryptotomus beryllinus Jordan & Swain, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Cryptotomus dentiens (Poey, 1861))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Calliodon retractus Poey, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Scarus dentiens Poey, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nicholsina usta)
To FishBase (from synonym Cryptotomus beryllinus Jordan & Swain, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Nicholsina usta usta (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus dentiens Poey, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Cryptotomus retractus (Poey, 1868))
To FishBase (from synonym Callyodon ustus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Cryptotomus dentiens (Poey, 1861))
To FishBase (from synonym Calliodon retractus Poey, 1868)
To FishBase images (Nicholsina usta usta, USA, by Cox, C.D.) (from synonym Nicholsina usta usta (Valenciennes, 1840))
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Callyodon ustus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cryptotomus beryllinus RAD113327-001) (from synonym Cryptotomus beryllinus Jordan & Swain, 1884)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cryptotomus beryllinus RAD113328-001) (from synonym Cryptotomus beryllinus Jordan & Swain, 1884)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Nicholsina usta RAD112530-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Nicholsina usta RAD112530-001)
To ITIS
