WoRMS taxon details
Cynoscion regalis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
AphiaID: 159313
AphiaID: 159313
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Sciaenidae (Family) > Cynoscion (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Cynoscion Gill, 1861 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Cestreus carolinensis Gronow, 1854 Johnius regalis Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Labrus squeteague Mitchill, 1815 Otolithus obliquatus Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1879 Roccus comes Mitchill, 1814 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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] 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] | ||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (232 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 14 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feeds mainly on crustaceans and fishes [details] Distribution: Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada to northern Florida, USA [details] Habitat: Occurs usually in shallow coastal waters over sand and sandy mud bottoms. [details] Habitat: benthic [details] Importance: Social- Commercial, fishery, gamefish and aquarium fish [details] Reproduction: During summer the fish move to their nursery and feeding grounds in river estuaries [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159313 | ||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Cynoscion regalis (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=159313 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||||||||
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