WoRMS taxon details
Parablennius marmoreus (Poey, 1876)
AphiaID: 159609
AphiaID: 159609
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Blenniidae (Family) > Salariinae (Subfamily) > Parablennius (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Parablennius Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Blennius marmoreus Poey, 1876 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] basis of record: Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [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] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (31 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 18 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Omnivorous, but feeds mostly on algae [details] Distribution: Western Atlantic: from 43.7°N, Bermuda, the Bahamas, and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern South America [details] Habitat: benthic [details] Habitat: Inhabits eroded basins and limestone boulders covered by an algal mat, sea fans, etc. Sometimes around mangrove roots, young are sometimes found in floating Sargassum. [details] Importance: Social- aquarium fish [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159609 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Parablennius marmoreus (Poey, 1876). 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=159609 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||
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