WoRMS taxon details
Kyphosus sectator (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 126956
AphiaID: 126956
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Kyphosidae (Family) > Kyphosinae (Subfamily) > Kyphosus (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted (misspelling) | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Kyphosus Lacepède, 1802 | |||||||||||||
| 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] 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: 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: 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] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feeds on plants, mainly on benthic algae, as well as on small crabs and molluscs [details] Distribution: Western Atlantic: Scotian Shelf and Bermuda southward to Brazil, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; Antilles, and Central and South American coasts [details] Habitat: Inhabits shallow waters, over turtle grass, sand or rocky bottom and around coral reefs. [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Importance: Social- Commercial, fishery, gamefish and aquarium fish [details] | |||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126956 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Kyphosus sectator (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=126956 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||||||||
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