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Holocentrus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765) 
AphiaID: 159378

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Beryciformes (Order) > Holocentridae (Family) > Holocentrus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Holocentrus Scopoli (ex Gronow), 1777
Synonymised
taxa
  Holocentrum longipinne Cuvier, 1829
Holocentrum sanctipauli Günther, 1880
Holocentrus ascensionis (Osbeck, 1765)
Holocentrus longipinne Cuvier, 1829
Holocentrus sogo Bloch, 1790
Perca adscensionis Osbeck, 1765
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 (look up in IMIS[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]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English squirrelfish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Gulf of Mexico [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links To FishBase
To GenBank
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA and Bermuda to Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and throughout the West Indies and Caribbean shores  [details]

Habitat: benthic [details]
Images 
Holocentrus adscensionis
Holocentrus adscensionis
added on 2009-02-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
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Holocentrus adscensionis
Holocentrus adscensionis
added on 2010-06-10 - author: Collection VLIZ
qualitystatus: not checked
Edit
history
 
Date   action   by
2005-05-27 07:39:43Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2009). Holocentrus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765). In: Nicolas Bailly (2009). World Database of Marine Pisces. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159378 on 2010-09-02
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