WoRMS taxon details
Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch, 1790)
AphiaID: 126973
AphiaID: 126973
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Lobotidae (Family) > Lobotes (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Lobotes Cuvier, 1830 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Lobotes Cuvier, 1830 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Bodianus triourus Mitchill, 1815 Holocentrus surinamensis Bloch, 1790 Lobotes auctorum Günther, 1859 Lobotes citrinus Richardson, 1846 Lobotes erate Cuvier, 1830 Lobotes farkharii Cuvier, 1830 Lobotes incurvus Richardson, 1846 Lobotes somnolentus Cuvier, 1830 Lobotus surinamensis (Bloch, 1790) (misspelling) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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: 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, brackish, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Djibouti [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mozambique [details] North Pacific [details] North West Atlantic [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] Western Indian Ocean [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Caligus bennetti Causey, 1953 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus pagrosomi Yamaguti, 1939 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus rotundigenitalis Yü, 1933 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Ergasilus monodi Brian, 1927 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lernanthropus pupa Burmeister, 1833 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Anuretes heckelii (Krøyer, 1863) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Nothobomolochus triceros (Bassett-Smith, 1898) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Metacaligus uruguayensis (Thomsen, 1949) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (25 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (171 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 25 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Found in coastal waters and entering muddy estuaries. A sluggish offshore fish that often floats on its side near the surface in the company of floating objects. Occasionly drifts over reefs (Ref. 9710). The young resemble leaves. Feeds on benthic crustaceans and small fish. Sold fresh, frozen or salted. An excellent food fish. [details] Diet: Feeds on benthic crustaceans and small fish [details] Distribution: tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans; Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and Bermuda to Argentina [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Habitat: Inhabits bays and estuaries. [details] Importance: Social- Commercial, fishery and gamefish [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch, 1790). 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=126973 on 2013-05-19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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