WoRMS taxon details
Chirocentridae
AphiaID: 152007
AphiaID: 152007
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Clupeiformes (Order) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Added by Database Management Team | |||||||
| Rank | Family | |||||||
| Parent | Clupeiformes | |||||||
| Source |
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] | |||||||
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Chirocentrus Cuvier, 1816 Genus Chirocentreus accepted as Chirocentrus Cuvier, 1816 Genus Chirocentris accepted as Chirocentrus Cuvier, 1816 | |||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||
| Note |
Distribution: Distribution: Indian Ocean (West to South Africa and the Red Sea) and western Pacific (Japan to New South Wales). Body elongate and compressed. Jaws with fanglike teeth. Intestine with spiral valve. Gill rakers 17-22. Pyloric caeca absent. Scales small. Dorsal fin rays 16-18. Pectoral fin rays 13-15. Branchiostegal rays 6-8. Vertebrae 70-74. Attains 3.6 m maximum length. Ravenous carnivores. Monotypic, but some authors recognize one more species. [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152007 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Chirocentridae. 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=152007 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||
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