WoRMS taxon details
Zenopsis conchifer (Lowe, 1852)
AphiaID: 127426
AphiaID: 127426
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Zeiformes (Order) > Zeidae (Family) > Zenopsis (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Zenopsis Gill, 1862 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Parazenopsis argenteus Cligny, 1909 Zenopsis conchifera (Lowe, 1852) (misspelling) Zenopsis couchifer (Lowe, 1852) (misspelling) Zenopsis figueirai Berg, 1895 Zenopsis ocellata (Storer, 1857) Zenopsis ocellatus (Storer, 1857) Zeus conchifer Lowe, 1852 Zeus ocellatus Storer, 1857 | |||||||||||||
| 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] from synonym: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Welshman, D., S. Kohler, J. Black and L. Van Guelpen. 2003. An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [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] | |||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Gulf of Mexico [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mozambique [details] North West Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | |||||||||||||
| Host of |
Chondracanthus zei Delaroche, 1811 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 20 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Found near the bottom or in midwater, in small schools. Feeds on various kinds of fish (Ref. 5213). [details] Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] | |||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127426 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Zenopsis conchifer (Lowe, 1852). 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=127426 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||||||||
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