WoRMS taxon details
Naucrates ductor (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 126811
AphiaID: 126811
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Carangidae (Family) > Naucrates (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Naucrates Rafinesque, 1810 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Gasterosteus ductor Linnaeus, 1758 Hemitripteronotus quinquemaculatus Lacepède, 1801 Nauclerus abreviatus Valenciennes, 1833 Nauclerus annularis Valenciennes, 1833 Nauclerus brachycentrus Valenciennes, 1833 Nauclerus compressus Valenciennes, 1833 Nauclerus leucurus Valenciennes, 1833 Nauclerus triacanthus Valenciennes, 1833 Naucrates angeli Whitley, 1931 Naucrates cyanophrys Swainson, 1839 Naucrates fanfarus Rafinesque, 1810 Naucrates indicus Lesson, 1831 Naucrates noveboracensis Cuvier, 1832 Naucrates polysarcus Fowler, 1905 Naucrates serratus Swainson, 1839 Seriola dussumieri Valenciennes, 1833 Seriola succincta Valenciennes, 1833 Seriola succinta Valenciennes, 1833 (misspelling) Thynnus pompilus Gronow, 1854 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details] additional source: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 page(s): 295 [details] additional source: Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37 (look up in IMIS) page(s): 295 [details] additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [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] 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 |
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Black Sea [details] British Columbia [details] Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] [details] Chagos [details] Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia [details] Comores [details] Djibouti [details] Eritrea [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] FAO fishing area 67 [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [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] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Tanzania [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wimereux [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Pennella filosa (Linnaeus, 1758) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (407 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Accompanies large sharks during oceanic wanderings to feed on the left-overs, as well as on their parasites and excrement. Aside from sharks, this species has a semi-obligate commensal relationship with rays, other fishes and turtles. Feeds on scraps of host's food, small fishes and invertebrates (Ref. 5288). Young are found at or near the surface of oceanic waters (Ref. 9283). Young are usually associated with jellyfishes and drifting seaweeds (Refs. 2850; 9563). Marketed fresh and salted/dried (Ref. 9283). [details] Diet: Feeds on scraps of host's left-overs, parasites and excrement; also on small fishes and invertebrates [details] Distribution: circumtropical in tropical seas; Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada to Argentina [details] Habitat: oceanic species with a semi-obligate commensal relationship with sharks, rays, other bony fishes and turtles [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] Importance: Social- Minor Commercial, fishery, aquarium, bait [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126811 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Naucrates ductor (Linnaeus, 1758). 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=126811 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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