WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Istiophorus albicans (Latreille, 1804)

Istiophorus albicans (Latreille, 1804)
AphiaID: 126949

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Istiophoridae (Family) > Istiophorus (Genus)

Status

accepted

Record
status

Checked by Taxonomic Editor

Rank

Species

Parent

Istiophorus Lacepède, 1801

Synonymised
taxa

Histiophorus albicans (Latreille, 1804)
Histiophorus americanus Cuvier, 1832
Histiophorus granulifer Castelnau, 1861
Histiophorus pulchellus Cuvier, 1832
Istiophorus americanus (Cuvier, 1832)
Istiophorus maguirei Jordan & Evermann, 1926
Istiophorus volador Jordan & Evermann, 1926
Istiophorus wrighti Jordan & Evermann, 1926
Makaira albicans Latreille, 1804
Makaira velifera Cuvier, 1832
Skeponopodus guebucu Nardo, 1833
Xiphias velifer Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (synonym)

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 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [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: 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): 104 [details]

additional source: Latreille, P.A. (1804). Tableau méthodique des Poissons. Pp. 71-105. in Nouveaux dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, 1re éd., v. 24. Paris 1802-04.
page(s): 104 [details]

Vernacular
Names

Language	Name
English	Atlantic sailfish (from synonym)	[details]
English	sailfish	[details]

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Distribution

European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Grecian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North West Atlantic (from synonym) [details]
South Africa (country) [details]

Links

To FishBase
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To ITIS

Images

Istiophorus albicans
added on 2009-02-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
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[image from synonym]
Istiophorus americanus
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Istiophorus albicans
added on 2010-06-10 - author: Collection VLIZ
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[image from synonym]
Istiophorus americanus
added on 2010-06-10 - author: Collection VLIZ
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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. (2009). Istiophorus albicans (Latreille, 1804). 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=126949 on 2010-07-30

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