WoRMS taxon details
Neoniphon sammara (Forsskål, 1775) AphiaID: 159393
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) >  Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Beryciformes (Order) > Holocentridae (Family) > Holocentrinae (Subfamily) > Neoniphon (Genus) > Neoniphon sammara (Species)
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| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Neoniphon Castelnau, 1875 | ||||||||||
| Orig. name | Sciaena sammara Forsskål, 1775 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised names |
Flammeo sammara (Forsskål, 1775)Holocentrum sammana (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling)Holocentrum sammara (Forsskål, 1775)Holocentrus rubrofuscus Lacepède, 1802Holocentrus sammara (Forsskål, 1775)Kutaflammeo sammara (Forsskål, 1775)Labrus angulosus Lacepède, 1801Sciaena sammara Forsskål, 1775 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record Smith, J.L.B. & Smith, M.M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University. Grahamstown. [details] [show all] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | From other sources
ComoresComores [details]Federal Republic of Somalia Somalia [details]Indian Ocean Chagos [details]Reunion [details]Kenya Kenya [details]Madagascar Madagascar [details]Mozambique Mozambique [details]North Atlantic Ocean North West Atlantic [details]Red Sea Red Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]Republic of Mauritius Cargados Carajos [details]Mauritius [details]Seychelles Seychelles [details]South Africa South Africa (country) [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Ascarophis (Dentiascarophis) adioryx Machida, 1981 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Caligus alaihi Lewis A.G., 1968 [via synonym] (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | To Barcode of Life (53 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (93 nucleotides; 93 proteins) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes | From other sources
Description This schooling species inhabits seagrass beds and hard-bottomed habitats from the reef flat to depths of 46 m or more on lagoon and seaward reefs. Feeds on small crabs and shrimps during the night. Venomous spine at the corner of its preopercle. Marketed fresh (Ref. 9948). [details]Diet Feeds on small fishes [details]Distribution Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Marquesan and Ducie islands, north to southern Japan and the Ogasawara and Hawaiian islands, northern Australia and Lord Howe Island. Throughout Micronesia [details]Habitat This schooling species inhabits seagrass beds and hard-bottomed habitats from the reef flat to depths of 46 m or more on lagoon and seaward reefs. Often found with branching Acropora coral. [details]Habitat nektonic [details]Importance Social- Commercial, fishery, aquarium, bait [details] | ||||||||||
| Images | [show unreviewed] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159393 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2008). Neoniphon sammara (Forsskål, 1775). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2017). FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159393 on 2017-09-22 | |||||||||||
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