WoRMS taxon details
Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766)
AphiaID: 127006
AphiaID: 127006
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Rachycentridae (Family) > Rachycentron (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Rachycentron Kaup, 1826 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Apolectus niger (Bloch, 1793) Centronotus gardenii Lacepède, 1801 Centronotus spinosus Mitchill, 1815 Elacate atlantica Cuvier, 1832 Elacate bivittata Cuvier, 1832 Elacate canada (Linnaeus, 1766) Elacate falcipinnis Gosse, 1851 Elacate malabarica Cuvier, 1832 Elacate motta Cuvier, 1829 Elacate nigra (Bloch, 1793) Elacate pondiceriana Cuvier, 1832 Gasterosteus canadus Linnaeus, 1766 Meladerma nigerrima Swainson, 1839 Naucrates niger (Bloch, 1793) Rachicentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766) (misspelling) Rachycentrodon canadum (Linnaeus, 1766) (misspelling) Rachycentron canadus (Linnaeus, 1766) (misspelling) Rachycentron typus Kaup, 1826 Rachycentrum canadum (Linnaeus, 1766) (misspelling) Scomber niger Bloch, 1793 Thynnus canadensis Gronow, 1854 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 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: Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details] additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453 (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 (from synonym): Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] [view taxon] original description (from synonym): Linnaeus, C. (1766). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1-532. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Djibouti [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Mozambique [details] North West Atlantic [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Lernaeolophus sultanus (Milne Edwards, 1840) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus epidemicus Hewitt, 1971 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lepeophtheirus spinifer Kirtisinghe, 1937 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Parapetalus occidentalis Wilson C.B., 1908 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Tuxophorus caligodes Wilson C.B., 1908 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus haemulonis Krøyer, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||
| Links | Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) To Barcode of Life (35 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FAO Cultured Aquatic species fact sheets To FishBase To GenBank (150 nucleotides; 132 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Occurs in a variety of habitats, over mud, sand and gravel bottoms; over coral reefs and off rock shores (Ref. 10948) and in mangrove sloughs; inshore around pilings and buoys, and offshore around drifting and stationary objects; occasionally in estuaries (Ref. 9739). Encountered in the water column up to a depth of 50 m (Ref. 9626). . Feeds on crabs, fish and squids (Refs. 5213; 10948) . Caught in small quantities due to its solitary behavior (Ref. 9626). Good food fish, marketed fresh (Ref. 5284), smoked and frozen (Ref. 9987) [details] Diet: Feeds on crabs, fishes, and squids [details] Distribution: Western Atlantic: 43.25°N to Bermuda and Massachusetts, USA to Argentina, including the Gulf of Mexico and entire Caribbean [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Habitat: Occurs in a variety of habitats, over mud, sand and gravel bottoms; over coral reefs, off rocky shores and in mangrove sloughs; inshore around pilings and buoys, and offshore around drifting and stationary objects; occasionally in estuaries. [details] Remark: Monotypic genus. [details] Reproduction: Spawns during the warm months in the western Atlantic; eggs and larvae planktonic [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127006 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766). 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=127006 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||
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