Species details : Spicara nigricauda (Norman, 1931)

Accepted scientific name:
Spicara nigricauda (Norman, 1931) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Spicara nigricauda  (Norman, 1931)
Synonyms:
Centracanthus melanurus (non Valenciennes, 1830) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Centracanthus melanurus (non Valenciennes, 1830)
Coleosmaris nigricauda Norman, 1931 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Coleosmaris nigricauda Norman, 1931
Smaris melanurus (non Valenciennes, 1830) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Smaris melanurus (non Valenciennes, 1830)
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Sorthalet pikarel - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Blacktail picarel - English - Click here to show the literature
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Picarel queue noire - French - Click here to show the literature
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刺尖矛鯛 Cih jian mao diao Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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刺尖矛鲷 Ci jian mao diao Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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鞍斑棒鱸 An ban bang lu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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鞍斑棒鲈 An ban bang lu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Dobrada - Portuguese Angola Click here to show the literature
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Taco-taco - Portuguese Angola Click here to show the literature
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Trombeiro-de-Angola - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature
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Chucla rabo negro - Spanish - Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Perciformes FishBase
Family Sparidae FishBase
Genus Spicara FishBase
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Ghana to Angola (Mullet Bay and Bay of Elephants). Not reported elsewhere.
Lifezones: Marine
Additional data: Placement in Sparidae from Centracanthidae from Santini et al. (2014:Ref. 95347). Suggestion already made in Garrido-Ramos et al. 1995; Hanel & Sturmbauer 2000; Summerer et al. 2001; Orrell et al. 2002; Orrell & Carpenter 2004; Chiba et al. 2009;
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=13758
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd7fc460-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401