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Prionotus miles Jenyns, 1840

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Prionotus miles Jenyns, 1840
Name authority
Jenyns, 1840
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Perciformes
Family
Triglidae
Genus
Prionotus
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderPerciformes
  11. suborderScorpaenoidei
  12. familyTriglidae Rafinesque, 1815
  13. genusPrionotus Lacepède, 1801
  14. speciesPrionotus miles Jenyns, 1840

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Prionotus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
spiny searobinPrionotus alatus Goode & Bean, 1883TriglidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Prionotus beanii Goode, 1896TriglidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
twobeak searobinPrionotus birostratus Richardson, 1844TriglidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
northern searobinPrionotus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1771)TriglidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
striped searobinPrionotus evolans (Linnaeus, 1766)TriglidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
bristly searobinPrionotus horrens Richardson, 1844TriglidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
barred searobinPrionotus martis Ginsburg, 1950TriglidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Prionotus nudigula Ginsburg, 1950TriglidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
bandtail searobinPrionotus ophryas Jordan & Swain, 1885TriglidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Mexican searobinPrionotus paralatus Ginsburg, 1950TriglidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
blackwing searobinPrionotus rubio Jordan, 1886TriglidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
bluewing searobinPrionotus punctatus (Bloch, 1793)TriglidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 111 records assigned to Triglidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Jenyns, L. (1840). Fish. In: The Zoology of the Voyage of H. M. S. Beagle, under the Command of Captain Fitzroy, R. N., During the Years 1832 to 1836., London: Smith, Elder, and Co. Issued in 4 parts. i–xvi + 1–172, Pls. 1–29. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:4MGGH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.