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Aldrovandia phalacra (Vaillant, 1888) 
AphiaID: 126638

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Notacanthiformes (Order) > Halosauridae (Family) > Aldrovandia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Aldrovandia
Synonymised
taxa		  Aldrovandia kauaiensis (Gilbert, 1905)
 Halosaurichthys nigerrimus Alcock, 1898
 Halosauropsis kauaiensis Gilbert, 1905
 Halosauropsis verticalis Gilbert, 1905
 Halosaurus phalacrus Vaillant, 1888
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: 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]

additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [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 Hawaiian halosaurid  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Feeds on amphipods, mysids, copepods and polychaetes [details]

Distribution: New England to Brazil [details]

Habitat: nektonic [details]

Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Habitat: Found at bathyal to abyssal depths. [details]
Image 
Aldrovania phalaca
Aldrovania phalaca
added on 2013-02-18 - author: Alexei Orlov ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126638
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). Aldrovandia phalacra (Vaillant, 1888). 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=126638 on 2013-05-26
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