WoRMS taxon details
Chlorophthalmus agassizi Bonaparte, 1840
AphiaID: 126336
AphiaID: 126336
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Aulopiformes (Order) > Chlorophthalmidae (Family) > Chlorophthalmus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Chlorophthalmus Bonaparte, 1840 | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Chlorophthalmus Bonaparte, 1840 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Aulopus agassizi (Bonaparte, 1840) Chlorophthalmus agassizii Bonaparte, 1840 (misspelling) Chlorophthalmus productus Günther, 1887 Pelopsia candida Facciolà, 1883 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details] additional source: Welshman, D., S. Kohler, J. Black and L. Van Guelpen. 2003. An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details] additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [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: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Azores Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Kenya [details] Mozambique [details] North West Atlantic [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Somalia [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Clavella denticis (Krøyer, 1863) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | To Barcode of Life (29 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 44 proteins) To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Found on the continental shelf and upper slope over mud and clay bottom. Temperature range is from 13°C to 4.5°C. Catch data indicate a schooling habit. Feeds mainly on bottom-living invertebrates. A hermaphroditic species. Marketed fresh and sometimes made into fish meal (Ref. 6688). [details] Diet: Feeds on bottom invertebrates and crustaceans such as decapods, mysids and euphausiids [details] Distribution: Scotian Shelf to coast of Suriname; also off several of the Caribbean islands [details] Habitat: Found on the continental shelf and upper slope over mud and clay bottom. Catch data indicate a schooling habit. [details] Habitat: benthic [details] Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] Importance: Social - Commercial, fish meal [details] Reproduction: External fertilization. Hermaphroditic.Pelagic eggs and larvae. [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126336 | ||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Chlorophthalmus agassizi Bonaparte, 1840. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126336 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||||||||
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