WoRMS taxon details
Hemiramphus far (Forsskål, 1775)
AphiaID: 126389
AphiaID: 126389
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Beloniformes (Order) > Hemiramphidae (Family) > Hemiramphus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Hemiramphus Cuvier, 1816 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Esox far Forsskål, 1775 Esox gladius Lacepède, 1803 Esox marginatus far Forsskål, 1775 Hemiramphus commersonii Cuvier, 1829 Hemiramphus mocquardianus Thominot, 1886 Hemirhamphus commersonii Cuvier, 1829 (misspelling) Hemirhamphus far (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling) Hemirhamphus obesus Castelnau, 1861 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
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: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [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] | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Comores [details] Djibouti [details] East Africa [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gazi Bay [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Rodriguez [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] Ungama Bay [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) To Barcode of Life (22 barcodes) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 10 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Occurs in coastal waters of high islands and continental shorelines; generally in areas rich in vegetation (Ref. 5213). Forms schools. In Okinawa, it is seen leaping above the water surface. Adults feed mainly on sea grasses, to a lesser extent on green algae and diatoms (Ref. 9843). Marketed fresh and dried salted (Refs. 5284; 9843); meat tasty (Ref. 637). Also caught with dip nets. [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126389 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Hemiramphus far (Forsskål, 1775). 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=126389 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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