WoRMS taxon details
Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758
AphiaID: 127089
AphiaID: 127089
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Trichiuridae (Family) > Trichiurinae (Subfamily) > Trichiurus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Trichiurus Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Trichiurus Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Clupea haumela Forsskål, 1775 Trichiuris haumela (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling) Trichiurus argenteus Shaw, 1803 Trichiurus coxii Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887 Trichiurus haumela (Forsskål, 1775) Trichiurus japanicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 (misspelling) Trichiurus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 Trichiurus lajor Bleeker, 1854 Trichiurus lepturus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 Trichiurus malabaricus Day, 1865 Trichiurus nitens Garman, 1899 Trichurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling) Trichyurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 page(s): 246 [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] 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: Fritzsche, 1978 [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): 246 [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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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Trichiurus lepturus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 accepted as Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, brackish, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Comores [details] Djibouti [details] Eritrea [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] North West Atlantic [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Red Sea [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Tanzania [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Bomolochus decapteri Yamaguti, 1936 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Brachiella trichiuri Gnanamuthu, 1951 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus amblygenitalis Pillai, 1961 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus arii Bassett-Smith, 1898 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus chelifer Wilson C.B., 1905 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus nengai Rangnekar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1953 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus rotundigenitalis Yü, 1933 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus uruguayensis Thomsen, 1949 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Nothobomolochus trichiuri Pillai & Natarajan, 1977 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Peniculus trichiuri Gnanamuthu, 1951 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus trichiuri Krøyer, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Metacaligus uruguayensis (Thomsen, 1949) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Metacaligus latus Ho & Lin, 2002 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Metacaligus trichiuri (Krøyer, 1863) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (80 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (331 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FAO Species fact sheets To FishBase To GenBank (171 nucleotides; 86 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Occurs on continental shelf, occasionally in shallow waters and at surface at night. Generally found on muddy bottoms of shallow coastal waters and may often penetrate estuaries (Ref.9351). Immature fish feed mostly on euphausiids, small pelagic planktonic crustaceans, small fishes while adults feed on anchovies, sardines, myctophiids etc. and occasionally on squids and crustaceans. Adults and juveniles have opposing complementary vertical diurnal feeding migration. Large adults usually feed on pelagic prey near the surface during the daytime and migrate to the bottom at night. Juveniles and small adults form schools 100 m above the bottom during the daytime and form loose feeding aggregations at night-time near the surface where they prey on planktonic organisms. Caught in estuaries and offshore waters throughout the world (Ref. 9688). Also caught with encircling nets (Ref. 9351). Marketed salted/dried and also frozen (Ref. 9351). Excellent taste when fried or grilled; also for sashimi when fresh. [details] Distribution: Worldwide distribution, except eastern Pacific, in warm seas. Western Atlantic north to Massachusetts, common from Chesapeake Bay south. [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127089 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Trichiurus lepturus 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=127089 on 2013-05-22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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