WoRMS taxon details
Makaira nigricans Lacepède, 1802
AphiaID: 126950
AphiaID: 126950
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Istiophoridae (Family) > Makaira (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Makaira Lacepède, 1802 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Histiophorus herschelii (Gray, 1838) Maikaira nigricans Lacepède, 1802 (misspelling) Makaira ampla (Poey, 1860) Makaira ampla ampla (Poey, 1860) Makaira bermudae Mowbray, 1931 Makaira ensis (Lacepède, 1800) Makaira herschelii (Gray, 1838) Makaira nigricans ampla (Poey, 1860) Makaira nigricans nigricans Lacepède, 1802 Makaira perezi de Buen, 1950 Orthocraeros bermudae (Mowbray, 1931) Tetrapturus amplus Poey, 1860 Tetrapturus herschelii Gray, 1838 Xiphias ensis Lacepède, 1800 | |||||||||||||
| 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. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom 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: 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: Lacepède, B.G.E. (1802). Histoire naturelle des poissons: IV.. chez Plassan: Paris, France. xliv, 728, 16 pl. pp. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 688 [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): 688 [details] additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] from synonym: MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [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 |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Makaira nigricans ampla (Poey, 1860) accepted as Makaira nigricans Lacepède, 1802 Subspecies Makaira nigricans marlina Jordan & Hill, 1926 accepted as Istiompax indica (Cuvier, 1832) Subspecies Makaira nigricans mazara (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) accepted as Makaira mazara (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) Subspecies Makaira nigricans nigricans Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Makaira nigricans Lacepède, 1802 Subspecies Makaira nigricans tahitiensis Nichols & La Monte, 1935 accepted as Istiompax indica (Cuvier, 1832) | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] North West Atlantic [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Seychelles [details] South Africa (country) [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | |||||||||||||
| Host of |
Gloiopotes ornatus Wilson C.B., 1905 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Gloiopotes watsoni Kirtisinghe, 1934 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Gloiopotes huttoni (Thomson G.M., 1890) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (61 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (64 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (242 nucleotides; 109 proteins) To IUCN Red List To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Authority: Makaira nigricans Lacepède, 1801 [details] Description: Oceanic species usually found in waters with surface temperatures ranging from 22° to 31°C. Water color affects the occurrence, at least in the northern Gulf of Mexico, where the fish show preference for blue water. Rarely gathers in schools and usually found as scattered single individuals in the open ocean. Feeds mainly on fishes but also preys on octopods and squids. [details] Diet: Feeds mainly on fishes but also preys on octopods and squids [details] Distribution: Atlantic Ocean: in tropical and temperate waters [details] Habitat: oceanic species; Water color affects its occurrence, at least in the northern Gulf of Mexico, where the fish show preference for blue water. Rarely gathers in schools and usually found as scattered single individuals [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Importance: Social- Highly Comercial gamesfish [details] Remark: Type species of genus [details] | |||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126950 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Makaira nigricans Lacepède, 1802. 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=126950 on 2013-05-20 | ||||||||||||||
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