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Diretmus argenteus Johnson, 1864 
AphiaID: 126398

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Beryciformes (Order) > Diretmidae (Family) > Diretmus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Diretmus Johnson, 1864
Synonymised
taxa
  Diretmus aureus (Campbell, 1879)
Discus aureus Campbell, 1879
Gyrinomene nummeralis Vaillant, 1888
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms 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: Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002.  [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: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [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
 
Language   Name 
English spinyfin  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (31 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 31 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Adults are plankton-eaters like the other members of the family  [details]

Distribution: all oceans from temperate to tropical waters, as far north as Grand Banks [details]

Habitat: largest adults may be benthopelagic [details]

Habitat: nektonic [details]

Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Reproduction: Oviparous with planktonic larvae  [details]
Image 
Diretmus argenteus Johnson, 1864
Diretmus argenteus Johnson, 1864
added on 2006-08-11 - author: IMARES/Henk Heessen/2006
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126398
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Diretmus argenteus Johnson, 1864. 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=126398 on 2013-05-18
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