WoRMS taxon details
Morone americana (Gmelin, 1789)
AphiaID: 151177
AphiaID: 151177
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Moronidae (Family) > Morone (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Morone Mitchill, 1814 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Morone americanus (Gmelin, 1789) (misspelling) Morone pallida Mitchill, 1814 Morone rufa Mitchill, 1814 (synonym) Perca americana Gmelin, 1789 (synonym) Perca immaculata Walbaum, 1792 Roccus americanus (Gmelin, 1789) | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Gmelin, J.F. (1789). Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 3 vols. in 9 parts. Lipsiae, 1788-93. v. 1 (pt 3), pp 1033-1516. [details] basis of record: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] additional source: Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [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: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] from synonym: Mitchill, S.L. (1814). Report, in part, of Samuel L. Mitchill, M. D., ... on the fishes of New-York. New York. Pp 1-28. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish, fresh, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] North West Atlantic [details] | |||||||||||||
| Host of |
Ergasilus labracis Krøyer, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Ergasilus arthrosis Roberts, 1969 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Ergasilus confusus Bere, 1931 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Ergasilus luciopercarum Henderson, 1926 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (24 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (217 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (71 nucleotides; 38 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Juveniles feed on plankton, adults prefer aquatic insects, crustaceans, fish eggs, smelt, yellow perch, elvers, and their own young [details] Distribution: Lake Ontario drainage in Quebec to Peedee River, Gulf of St. Lawrence to South Carolina [details] Habitat: benthic [details] Habitat: Anadromous species, prefer mud bottoms, found to depths of 10 m; landlock populations also exist. [details] Importance: Social- Minor commercial, gamefish [details] Predators: Striped bass, walleye, bluefish, gray weakfish [details] Reproduction: Sexually mature at 3 years; spawn in fresh or slightly brackish waters, lay eggs onto bottom Substrate [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151177 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Morone americana (Gmelin, 1789). 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=151177 on 2013-05-20 | ||||||||||||||
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