WoRMS taxon details
Scomberomorus cavalla (Cuvier, 1829)
AphiaID: 159340
AphiaID: 159340
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Scombridae (Family) > Scombrinae (Subfamily) > Scomberomorus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Scomberomorus Lacepède, 1801 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Cybium acervum Cuvier, 1832 Cybium caballa Cuvier, 1832 Cybium cavalla Cuvier, 1829 Cybium clupeoideum Cuvier, 1832 Cybium immaculatum Cuvier, 1832 Scomberomorus caballa (Cuvier, 1832) Scombreromorus cavalla (Cuvier, 1829) (misspelling) | |||||||||||||
| 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] 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, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] North West Atlantic [details] | |||||||||||||
| Host of |
Caligus pelamydis Krøyer, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Hatschekia mulli (van Beneden, 1851) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus mutabilis Wilson C.B., 1905 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Charopinus quaternius Wilson C.B., 1935 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Holobomolochus asperatus Cressey & Cressey, 1980 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Pseudocycnus buccatus Wilson C.B., 1922 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Acantholochus asperatus (Cressey & Cressey, 1980) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus productus Dana, 1852 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (35 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (95 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FAO Species fact sheets To FishBase To GenBank (47 nucleotides; 55 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feeds primarily on fishes with smaller quantities of penaeid shrimps and squids [details] Distribution: Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA to São Paulo, Brazil; as strays to the southern Gulf of Maine [details] Habitat: Often found in outer reef areas. Larvae are encountered in surface waters of 26.3° to 31°C and 26.9 to 35 ppt. [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Importance: Social- Highly commercial, fishery and gamefish [details] | |||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159340 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Scomberomorus cavalla (Cuvier, 1829). 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=159340 on 2013-06-18 | ||||||||||||||
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