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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAspidophoroides monopterygius (Bloch, 1786) 
AphiaID: 159459

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorChordata (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVertebrata (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGnathostomata (Superclass) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPisces (Superclass) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorActinopterygii (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorScorpaeniformes (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAgonidae (Family) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorAnoplagoninae (Subfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAspidophoroides (Genus)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAspidophoroides Lacepède, 1801
Synonymised
taxa		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAspidophoroides borealis Valenciennes, 1841
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAspidophoroides groenlandicus Valenciennes, 1838
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAspidophoroides tranquebar Lacepède, 1801
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCottus indicus Bonnaterre, 1788
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCottus monopterygius Bloch, 1786
Sources  basis of record Scott, W.B., and S.N. Messieh. 1976. Common Canadian Atlantic fishes. Huntsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, N.B. 106 p. [details]

[show all]
Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Trusted: edited by a thematic editorAtlantic alligatorfishUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editoralligatorfish  [details]
French Trusted: edited by a thematic editorpoisson-alligator atlantique  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From regional or thematic species database
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Trusted: edited by a thematic editorGulf of St. Lawrence [details]
From other sources
Davis Strait
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDavis Strait [details]
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGulf of St. Lawrence [details]
Hudson Strait
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorHudson Strait [details]
North Atlantic Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGulf of Maine [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNorth West Atlantic [details]
(no group)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorCanadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Arctic part] [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorFAO fishing area 21 [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life (40 barcodes) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (83 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo FishBase 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (25 nucleotides; 25 proteins) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Notes 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDiet Feeds on crustaceans and copepods [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDistribution Western Greenland and Labrador to Cape Cod [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorHabitat benthic [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorHabitat Found in coastal waters over sandy and muddy bottoms. [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPredators Bony fishes such as cod, haddock and halibut [details]
Images Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editor[show unreviewed]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159459
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-05-30 07:43:33Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Aspidophoroides monopterygius (Bloch, 1786). 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=159459 on 2014-03-08
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