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Pristipomoides aquilonaris (Goode & Bean, 1896)

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
Pristipomoides aquilonaris (Goode & Bean, 1896)
Name authority
(Goode & Bean, 1896)
Common name
wenchman
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Family
Lutjanidae
Genus
Pristipomoides
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. familyLutjanidae Gill, 1861
  11. genusPristipomoides Bleeker, 1852
  12. speciesPristipomoides aquilonaris (Goode & Bean, 1896)

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Crimson jobfishPristipomoides filamentosus (Valenciennes, 1830)LutjanidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pristipomoides flavipinnis Shinohara, 1963LutjanidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
lavender jobfishPristipomoides sieboldii (Bleeker, 1855)LutjanidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
ornate jobfishPristipomoides argyrogrammicus (Valenciennes, 1832)LutjanidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pristipomoides auricilla (Jordan, Evermann & Tanaka, 1927)LutjanidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
slender wenchmanPristipomoides freemani Anderson, 1966LutjanidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Wenchman snapperPristipomoides macrophthalmus (Müller & Troschel, 1848)LutjanidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
goldbanded jobfishPristipomoides multidens (Day, 1871)LutjanidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
sharptooth jobfishPristipomoides typus Bleeker, 1852LutjanidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
oblique-banded snapperPristipomoides zonatus (Valenciennes, 1830)LutjanidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 102 records assigned to Lutjanidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Pristipomoides andersoni Ginsburg, 1952 Ginsburg, 1952synonym
Anthias aquilonaris Goode & Bean, 1896 Goode & Bean, 1896synonym

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. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159805 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:4MJYX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.