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Sargocentron vexillarium (Poey, 1860) 
AphiaID: 159401

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Beryciformes (Order) > Holocentridae (Family) > Holocentrinae (Subfamily) > Sargocentron (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Sargocentron Fowler, 1904
Synonymised
taxa		  Adioryx vexillarius (Poey, 1860)
 Holocentrum vexillarium Poey, 1860 (misspelling)
 Holocentrus vexillarius Poey, 1860
 Sargocentron vexillarius (Poey, 1860) (misspelling)
Sources  basis of record: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [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		 
Language   Name 
English dusky squirrelfish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Gulf of Mexico [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 33 proteins)
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda and Florida, USA to northern South America [details]

Habitat: Inhabits inshore reefs and tidepools. Hides in small recesses. Common, but rarely seen nocturnal species. [details]

Habitat: nektonic [details]
Image 
Sargocentron vexillarium
Sargocentron vexillarium
added on 2012-12-15 - author: De Pooter, Daphnis
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159401
Taxonomic
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. (2013). Sargocentron vexillarium. 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=159401 on 2013-05-21
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