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Lampris guttatus (Brünnich, 1788) 
AphiaID: 126522

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Lampriformes (Order) > Lampridae (Family) > Lampris (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Lampris Retzius, 1799
Synonymised
taxa
  Lampris lauta Lowe, 1838
Lampris luna (Gmelin, 1789) (synonym)
Lampris regius (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Scomber gunneri Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Scomber pelagicus Gunnerus, 1768
Zeus guttatus Brünnich, 1788 (synonym)
Zeus imperialis Shaw, 1793
Zeus luna Gmelin, 1789
Zeus regius Bonnaterre, 1788
Zeus stroemii Walbaum, 1792
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]

basis of record: Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (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: 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]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

additional source: Brünnich, M.T. (1788). Om en ny fiskart, den draabeplettede pladefish, fanget ved Helsingör i Nordsöen 1786. K. Danske Selsk. Skrift. N. Saml. v. 3, pp 398-407, Pl. A.
page(s): 398 [details]


additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

from synonym: Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Gmelin, J.F. (1789). Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 3 vols. in 9 parts. Lipsiae, 1788-93. v. 1 (pt 3), pp 1033-1516. [details] [view taxon]

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 
Danish glansfisk  [details]
Dutch koningsvis  [details]
English Jerusalem haddock  [details]
English moonfish  [details]
English opah  [details]
English sunfish  [details]
French lampris  [details]
French opah  [details]
French poisson lune  [details]
French poisson royal  [details]
German Gotteslachs  [details]
Icelandic gulðax  [details]
Italian pescire  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Λαμπρόψαρο  [details]
Norwegian laksestørje  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål laksestørje  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk laksestørje  [details]
Portuguese peixe cravo  [details]
Spanish luna real  [details]
Swedish glansfisk  [details]
Welsh opa  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
British Columbia [details]
Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] [details]
Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
FAO fishing area 67 [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Mozambique [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North East Pacific [details]
North Pacific [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Reunion [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wimereux [details]
Host of  Clavellistes lampri (Scott T. & Scott A., 1901) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (161 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (583 nucleotides; 177 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Feeds on midwater fishes and invertebrates, mainly squids  [details]

Distribution: Western Atlantic: Grand Banks and Nova Scotia (Canada) to Florida (USA), Gulf of Mexico and the West Indies  [details]

Habitat: oceanic and apparently solitary  [details]

Habitat: nektonic [details]

Importance: Social- Commercial, fishery [details]

Reproduction: Probably spawns in the spring  [details]
Images 
Lampris guttatus (Brünnich, 1788)
Lampris guttatus (Brünnich, 1788)
added on 2006-08-16 - author: RIVO/Henk Heessen/2005
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Lampris guttatus (Brünnich, 1788)
Lampris guttatus (Brünnich, 1788)
added on 2006-08-16 - author: RIVO/Henk Heessen/2005
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Poll (1947, fig. 147)
Poll (1947, fig. 147)
added on 2008-08-13 - author: H. Dupond in Poll (1947) (naar Smitt)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
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Lampris guttatus
Lampris guttatus
added on 2009-02-14 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
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Lampris guttatus
Lampris guttatus
added on 2009-02-14 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
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Lampris guttatus
Lampris guttatus
added on 2010-02-18 - author: Collection VLIZ
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Lampris regius
[image from synonym]
Lampris regius
added on 2011-09-08 - author: Collection VLIZ ()
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126522
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). Lampris guttatus (Brünnich, 1788). 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=126522 on 2013-05-26
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