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Stephanolepis hispidus (Linnaeus, 1766) 
AphiaID: 127409

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Monacanthidae (Family) > Stephanolepis (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Stephanolepis
Synonymised
taxa
  Balistes hispidus Linnaeus, 1766
Monacanthus auriga Lowe, 1852
Monacanthus filamentosus Valenciennes, 1838
Monacanthus gallinula Valenciennes, 1843
Monacanthus hispidus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Monacanthus oppositus Poey, 1860
Monacanthus setifer DeKay, 1842
Monacanthus spilonotus Cope, 1871
Monocanthus setifer DeKay, 1842
Stephanolepis hispida (Linnaeus, 1766)
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]

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]

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 planehead filefish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Host of  Taeniacanthus balistae (Claus, 1864) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Blias prionoti Krøyer, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Benthic invertebrates [details]

Distribution: Nova Scotia, Bermuda and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil [details]

Habitat: Found to depths of 80m on sand or mud bottoms. [details]

Habitat: benthic [details]

Importance: Social- Subsistence fishery [details]

Predators: Bony fishes, sharks and rays [details]
Images 
Stephanolepis hispidus (Linnaeus, 1766
Stephanolepis hispidus (Linnaeus, 1766
added on 2006-08-21 - author: RIVO/Henk Heessen/2005
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Stephanolepis hispidus (Linnaeus, 1766
Stephanolepis hispidus (Linnaeus, 1766
added on 2006-08-21 - author: RIVO/Henk Heessen/2005
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127409
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). Stephanolepis hispidus (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=127409 on 2013-05-26
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