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Cookeolus japonicus (Cuvier, 1829) 
AphiaID: 127003

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Priacanthidae (Family) > Cookeolus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Cookeolus Fowler, 1928
Parent Cookeolus Fowler, 1928
Synonymised
taxa
  Priacanthus alticlarens Valenciennes, 1862
Priacanthus japonicus Cuvier, 1829
Priacanthus macropterus Valenciennes, 1831
Priacanthus macropus Valenciennes, 1831
Priacanthus supraarmatus Hilgendorf, 1879
Priacanthus velabundus McCulloch, 1915
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 BaƱos, 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: 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]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English bulleye  [details]
English longfinned bullseye  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Mozambique [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Host of  Parashiinoa cookeola Izawa, 2009 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus cookeoli Ho & Lin, 2010 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Description: Found on hard bottoms to a depth ofabout 400 m and reported to be moderately common at depths of 165 to 260 m in association with rocky holes and ledges. Juveniles are pelagic (Refs. 9335; 9563). Reported to feed on pelagic crabs. Probably spawns in the Caribbean from May to September. [details]

Diet: Feeds on pelagic crustaceans  [details]

Distribution: Western Atlantic: New Jersey, North Carolina, USA to probably Argentina; southern Caribbean and southern Brazil  [details]

Habitat: nektonic [details]

Habitat: Found on hard bottoms to a depth of about 400 m and reported to be moderately common at depths of 165 to 260 m in association with rocky holes and ledges. [details]

Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Importance: Social- Commercial fishery [details]

Reproduction: Probably spawns in the Caribbean from May to September. [details]
Image 
Cookeolus japonicus
Cookeolus japonicus
added on 2011-04-18 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Warren Joyce ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127003
Taxonomic
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. (2013). Cookeolus japonicus (Cuvier, 1829). 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=127003 on 2013-05-23
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