WoRMS taxon details
Opsanus tau (Linnaeus, 1766)
AphiaID: 158782
AphiaID: 158782
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Batrachoidiformes (Order) > Batrachoididae (Family) > Batrachoidinae (Subfamily) > Opsanus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Opsanus Rafinesque, 1818 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Gadus tau Linnaeus, 1766 Opsanus cerapalus Rafinesque, 1818 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] basis of record: 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: 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: 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] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (179 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 22 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: Florida to Cape Cod, straying northward to Maine. [details] Habitat: benthic [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158782 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Opsanus tau (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=158782 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||
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