WoRMS taxon details
Cyprinodon variegatus Lacepède, 1803
AphiaID: 159285
AphiaID: 159285
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Cyprinodontiformes (Order) > Cyprinodontidae (Family) > Cyprinodontinae (Subfamily) > Cyprinodon (Genus) |
| Status | alternate representation | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Cyprinodon variegatus variegatus Lacepède, 1803 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Cyprinodon Lacepède, 1803 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] basis of record: Robins, C.R., G.C. Ray, J. Douglass and R. Freund. 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston. 354 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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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Cyprinodon variegatus variegatus Lacepède, 1803 Subspecies Cyprinodon variegatus artifrons Hubbs, 1936 accepted as Cyprinodon artifrons Hubbs, 1936 | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, brackish, fresh, | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Mexico [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Ergasilus lizae Krøyer, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Ergasilus manicatus Wilson C.B., 1911 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Ergasilus funduli Kroyer, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (205 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (8460 nucleotides; 149 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: Massachusetts, USA to northeastern Mexico [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159285 | ||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Cyprinodon variegatus Lacepède, 1803. 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=159285 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||||||||
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