WoRMS taxon details
Macrourus berglax Lacepède, 1801
AphiaID: 126472
AphiaID: 126472
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gadiformes (Order) > Macrouridae (Family) > Macrourinae (Subfamily) > Macrourus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Macrourus Bloch, 1786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Coryphaenoides berglax (Lacepède, 1801) Macrurus fabricii Sundevall, 1842 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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: 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, 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, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Davis Strait [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] FAO fishing area 18 [details] FAO fishing area 21 [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] Hudson Strait [details] North West Atlantic [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Chondracanthodes radiatus (Müller O.F., 1776) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Clavella adunca (Strøm, 1762) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Sphyrion lumpi (Krøyer, 1845) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lophoura bouvieri (Quidor, 1912) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Clavellomimus macruri (Hansen, 1923) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lateracanthus quadripedis Kabata & Gusev, 1966 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Sphyrion quadricornis Gaevskaya & Kovaleva, 1984 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Chondracanthodes tuberofurcatus Kabata & Gusev, 1966 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FAO Species fact sheets To FishBase To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 9 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feeds on amphipods, polychaetes and crustaceans, bivalve molluscs. [details] Distribution: Davis Strait, along the continental slope; off Newfoundland; Grand Bank; off Nova Scotia on Banquereau, Sable Island, and Browns banks; on Georges Bank [details] Habitat: Found at depths of 300- 500 m. [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Reproduction: External fertilization, spawning occurs in winter, early spring. [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126472 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Macrourus berglax Lacepède, 1801. 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=126472 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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