WoRMS taxon details
Morone saxatilis (Walbaum, 1792)
AphiaID: 151179
AphiaID: 151179
| 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 lineatus (Bloch, 1792) Morone saxitilis (Walbaum, 1792) (misspelling) Perca mitchilli alternata Mitchill, 1815 Perca saxatilis Walbaum, 1792 Roccus lineatus (Bloch, 1792) Roccus saxatilis (Walbaum, 1792) Roccus striatus Mitchill, 1814 (synonym) Sciaena lineata Bloch, 1792 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Walbaum, J.J. (Ed.) (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium in quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis: redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52: Ichthyologiae pars 3. Ant. Ferdin. Röse: Grypeswaldiae. 723, 3 plates pp. (look up in IMIS) [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] basis of record: Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms 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: Collette, B.B., and G. Klein-MacPhee (eds.). 2002. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, 3rd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London. 748 p. [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] original description (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 | Black Sea [details] British Columbia [details] Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] [details] Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia [details] FAO fishing area 67 (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] North East Pacific (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] North Pacific [details] North West Atlantic [details] South Africa (country) [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Ergasilus lizae Krøyer, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Ergasilus labracis Krøyer, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Ergasilus arthrosis Roberts, 1969 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Argulus bicolor Bere, 1936 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus elongatus Heegaard, 1943 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) To Barcode of Life (17 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (76 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (1010 nucleotides; 197 proteins) To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Larvae feed on zooplankton, juvenile diet consists of small shrimp and other crustaceans, annelid worms and insects, adults prefer a variety of fishes and invertebraes, mainly crustaceans [details] Distribution: St. Lawrence River to northern Gulf of Mexico [details] Habitat: benthic [details] Habitat: Anadromous species; found to depths of 30 m in cool bays and rivers. [details] Importance: Social- Minor commercial, gamefish, aquaculture [details] Predators: Sea lamprey, tomcod, cod, Atlantic hake, bluefish [details] Reproduction: Move upriver in spring to spawn, landlock populations also exist, external fertilization [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151179 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Morone saxatilis (Walbaum, 1792). 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=151179 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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