WoRMS taxon details
Zoarces americanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
AphiaID: 159267
AphiaID: 159267
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Zoarcidae (Family) > Zoarcinae (Subfamily) > Zoarces (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Zoarces Cuvier, 1829 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Blennius americanus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Blennius anguillaris Peck, 1804 Blennius ciliatus Mitchill, 1814 Blennius gronovii (Valenciennes, 1836) Blennius labrosus Mitchill, 1815 Blennius viviparus unicolor Walbaum, 1792 Macrozoarces americanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Zoarces gronovii Valenciennes, 1836 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
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] 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: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (26 barcodes) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 67 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feeds on a wide variety of fishes and invertebrates [details] Distribution: Battle Harbour, Labrador, the Gulf of St Lawrence, off Newfoundland and along the coasts of the Maritime provinces, common off Nova Scotia and the offshore banks to New Jersey; also common in the Bay of Fundy, including Passamaquoddy Bay and Minas Basin; southward to Delaware, possibly straying to off North Carolina [details] Habitat: Occupies a variety of depths from the intertidal zone to over 183m. [details] Habitat: benthic [details] Importance: Social- Commercial [details] Predators: Sandbar shark, Atlantic cod, shortfin mako, sea bass [details] Reproduction: Internal fertilization; spawns in nests in crevices and holes under boulders in late August in Newfoundland waters; eggs are guarded by parents; off southern New England in late September and October [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159267 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Zoarces americanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). 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=159267 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||
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