WoRMS taxon details
Tetrapturus albidus Poey, 1860
AphiaID: 126951
AphiaID: 126951
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Istiophoridae (Family) > Tetrapturus (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Kajikia albida (Poey, 1860) | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Tetrapturus Rafinesque, 1810 | |||||||||||||
| 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: 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: 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): 237 [details] additional source: Poey, F. 1858-61. Memorias sobra la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompañadas de sumarios Latinos y extractos en Francés. Tomo 2. La Habana. [Sections have subtitles.] v. 2: 1-96 (1858), 97-336 (1860), 337-442, (1861), Pls. 1-19. page(s): 237 [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] | |||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] North West Atlantic [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] South Africa (country) [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | |||||||||||||
| Host of |
Gloiopotes ornatus Wilson C.B., 1905 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | To Barcode of Life To Biodiversity Heritage Library (73 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feeds on fishes and squids [details] Distribution: Atlantic Ocean: roughly from 45°N to 45°S in the western South Atlantic and 35°S in the eastern South Atlantic [details] Habitat: Usually above the thermocline. Its distribution varies seasonally, reaching higher latitudes in both the northern and southern hemispheres only during the respective warm seasons. Usually found in deep (over 100 m) blue water with surface temperatures over 22°C and salinities of 35 to 37 ppt. Currents of 0.5 to 2 knots occur over much of its habitat. [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Importance: Social- Highly Comercial gamesfish [details] | |||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126951 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Tetrapturus albidus Poey, 1860. 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=126951 on 2013-05-21 | ||||||||||||||
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