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Lutjanus mahogoni (Cuvier, 1828) 
AphiaID: 159799

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Lutjanidae (Family) > Lutjaninae (Subfamily) > Lutjanus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Lutjanus Bloch, 1790
Synonymised
taxa
  Mesoprion mahogoni Cuvier, 1828
Mesoprion ojanco Poey, 1860
Mesoprion ricardi Cuvier, 1828
Sources  basis of record: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

basis of record: Robins, C.R., G.C. Ray, J. Douglass and R. Freund. 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston. 354 p. [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 Mahogany snapper  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Gulf of Mexico [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Host of  Caligus atromaculatus Wilson C.B., 1913 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (27 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 40 proteins)
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA to Venezuela, including the Gulf of Mexico  [details]

Habitat: benthic [details]
Images 
Lutjanus mahogoni
Lutjanus mahogoni
added on 2010-06-10 - author: Collection VLIZ
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Lutjanus mahogoni
Lutjanus mahogoni
added on 2012-12-15 - author: De Pooter, Daphnis
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159799
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-05-30 09:27:08Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Lutjanus mahogoni (Cuvier, 1828). 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=159799 on 2013-06-19
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