WoRMS taxon details
Urophycis tenuis (Mitchill, 1814)
AphiaID: 126504
AphiaID: 126504
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gadiformes (Order) > Phycidae (Family) > Urophycis (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Urophycis Gill, 1863 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Gadus tenuis Mitchill, 1814 Phycis borealis Saemundsson, 1913 Phycis dekayi Kaup, 1858 Phycis furcatus Fleming, 1828 Phycis tenuis (Mitchill, 1814) Urophysis tenuis (Mitchill, 1814) (misspelling) | |||||||||||||
| 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: 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 | European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] North West Atlantic [details] | |||||||||||||
| Host of |
Sphyrion lumpi (Krøyer, 1845) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Acanthochondria phycidis (Rathbun, 1886) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus elongatus Heegaard, 1943 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (86 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 14 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feeds on Atlantic herring, silver hake, red hake, crustaceans, squids and occasionally cannibalistic [details] Distribution: Labrador to North Carolina [details] Habitat: Found at soft muddy bottoms, mainly at depths of 180 m. [details] Habitat: benthic [details] Importance: Scientific- Commercial, gamefish [details] Predators: Cod, possibly harbor and grey seals and occasionally cannibalism [details] Reproduction: Spawning occurs in winter and early spring, many (pelagic) eggs produced [details] | |||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126504 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Urophycis tenuis (Mitchill, 1814). 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=126504 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||||||||
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