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WoRMS taxon details
Histrio histrio (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 126533
AphiaID: 126533
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Lophiiformes (Order) > Antennariidae (Family) > Histrio (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon of | Histrio Fischer, 1813 | ||||||||||
| Parent | Histrio Fischer, 1813 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Antenarius mesogallicus (Valenciennes, 1837) (misspelling) Antennarius barbatulus (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850) Antennarius gibbus (Mitchill, 1815) Antennarius histrio (Linnaeus, 1758) Antennarius inops Poey, 1881 Antennarius laevigatus (Cuvier, 1817) Antennarius lioderma Bleeker, 1865 Antennarius nesogallicus (Valenciennes, 1837) Antennarius nitidus Bennett, 1827 Antennarius raninus (Tilesius, 1809) Cheironectes laevigatus Cuvier, 1817 (misspelling) Cheironectes pictus vittatus Richardson, 1844 Cheironectes raninus (Tilesius, 1809) Chironectes arcticus Düben & Koren, 1846 Chironectes barbatulatus Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850 (misspelling) Chironectes barbatulus Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850 Chironectes gibbus (Mitchill, 1815) Chironectes histrio (Linnaeus, 1758) Chironectes laevigatus Cuvier, 1817 Chironectes nesogallicus Valenciennes, 1837 Chironectes pictus Valenciennes, 1837 Chironectes sontagii Müller, 1865 Chironectes tumidus (Linnaeus, 1766) Chironectes variegatus Rafinesque, 1814 Historio gibbus (Mitchill, 1815) (misspelling) Histrio jagua Nichols, 1920 Histrio pictus (Valenciennes, 1837) Histrio raninus (Tilesius, 1809) Lophius calico Mitchill, 1818 Lophius cocinsinensis Shaw, 1812 Lophius geographicus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 Lophius gibba Mitchill, 1815 (misspelling) Lophius gibbus Mitchill, 1815 Lophius histrio Linnaeus, 1758 Lophius histrio marmoratus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Lophius laevigatus (Cuvier, 1817) Lophius laevis Lacepède, 1804 Lophius pelagicus Banks, 1962 Lophius raninus Tilesius, 1809 Lophius tumida Linnaeus, 1766 Lophius tumidus Linnaeus, 1766 (synonym) Peterophryne gibbo (Mitchill, 1815) (misspelling) Pterophryne gibba (Mitchill, 1815) Pterophryne historio (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling) Pterophryne histrio (Linnaeus, 1758) Pterophryne laevigata (Cuvier, 1817) Pterophryne laevigatus (Cuvier, 1817) Pterophryne picta (Valenciennes, 1837) Pterophryne ranina (Tilesius, 1809) Pterophryne tumida (Linnaeus, 1766) Pterophryne variegatus (Rafinesque, 1814) Pterophrynoides gibbus (Mitchill, 1815) Pterophrynoides histrio (Linnaeus, 1758) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom 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: 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://collections.ic.gc.ca/FishAtlas [details] additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007 (look up in IMIS) [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] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] North West Atlantic [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] South Africa (country) [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To FishBase To GenBank To Marine Species Identification Portal To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Clings to floating @Sargassum@, commonly blown into shore and bay waters during storms (Ref. 7251). A voracious predator (Ref. 5521). [details] Diet: A solitary and voracious predator [details] Distribution: Western Atlantic: Scotian Shelf, Gulf of Maine, and Gulf Stream to the mouth of the Rio de la Plata, Uruguay [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Habitat: Occasionally found in Canadian Atlantic waters. Found to depths of 11 m, often near surface with floating objects like Sargassum. [details] Importance: Social- Commercial, subsistence fisheries, aquarium fish [details] Reproduction: External fertilization.Female produces a raft of eggs, which are inseminated by the male [details] | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2009). Histrio histrio (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Nicolas Bailly (2009). World Database of Marine Pisces. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126533 on 2010-07-30 | |||||||||||
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