WoRMS taxon details

Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps Goode & Bean, 1879

159406  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159406)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Goode, G. B. ; Bean, T. H. (1879). Description of a new genus and species of fish, Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps, from the south coast of New England. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 2 (no. 77): 205-209. [details]   
Distribution Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada to southern Florida, USA and Gulf of Mexico. Probably throughout the northern coast...  
Distribution Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada to southern Florida, USA and Gulf of Mexico. Probably throughout the northern coast of South America and the Caribbean [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps Goode & Bean, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159406 on 2024-04-19
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2005-05-27 09:47:05Z
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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original description Goode, G. B. ; Bean, T. H. (1879). Description of a new genus and species of fish, Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps, from the south coast of New England. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 2 (no. 77): 205-209. [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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]   

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Diet Feeds mainly on shrimp and crabs, but also takes fish, squid, bivalves and holothurians [details]

Distribution Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada to southern Florida, USA and Gulf of Mexico. Probably throughout the northern coast of South America and the Caribbean [details]

Habitat Most common around 200 m, usually over mud or sand bottom and occasionally over rough bottom. [details]

Habitat benthic [details]

Importance Social- Minor Commercial, fishery and gamefish [details]
LanguageName 
Dutch tegelvis  [details]
English tilefish  [details]
Spanish conejo amarillo  [details]