WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Argentina machnata Forsskål, 1775) Niebuhr, C. (1775). Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit Petrus Forskål. <em>Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Hauniae.</em> 1-20 + i-xxxiv + 1-164, map. [Pisces on pp. x-xix and 22-76]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18564 page(s): 68, xiii [details]
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
context source (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
basis of record
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
From other sources
Description Inhabits coastal waters, entering lagoons and estuaries. Feeds on small fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 5213). Probably spawns at sea, but the transparent larvae migrate to inshore areas and are often found in brackish water (Ref. 7050) <111> Widespread throughout the Indian and Pacific Oceans, east indies, China, Japan, and Hawaii <360>. [details]
To Barcode of Life (45 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Elops capensis Smith, 1838-47)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Elops indicus Swainson, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FishBase
To Fishbase (from synonym Elops purpurascens Richardson, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Elops capensis Smith, 1838-47)
To FishBase (from synonym Elops indicus Swainson, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Argentina machnata Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase images (Elops machnata, Oman, by Hermosa, Jr., G.V.)
To GenBank (48 nucleotides; 34 proteins)
To GenBank (48 nucleotides; 34 proteins) (from synonym Argentina machnata Forsskål, 1775)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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