WoRMS taxon details
Archosargus probatocephalus (Walbaum, 1792)
AphiaID: 159238
AphiaID: 159238
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Sparidae (Family) > Archosargus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Archosargus Gill, 1865 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Archosargus aries (Valenciennes, 1830) Archosargus oviceps Ginsburg, 1952 Sargus aries Valenciennes, 1830 Sparus probatocephalus Walbaum, 1792 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] basis of record: 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: 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] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Anuretes brevis Pearse, 1951 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Bomolochus exilipes Wilson C.B., 1911 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (47 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (145 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (198 nucleotides; 31 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feeds mainly on mollusks and crustaceans [details] Distribution: Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil; absent in the Bahamas and West Indies; also absent in Bermuda, Grenada [details] Habitat: Inhabits bays and estuaries. Freely enters brackish waters; sometimes enters freshwaters. [details] Habitat: benthic [details] Importance: Social- Commercial, fishery, gamefish and aquarium fish [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159238 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Archosargus probatocephalus (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=159238 on 2013-05-19 | |||||||||||
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