WoRMS taxon details
Stenotomus chrysops (Linnaeus, 1766)
AphiaID: 159811
AphiaID: 159811
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Sparidae (Family) > Stenotomus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Stenotomus Gill, 1865 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Sparus chrysops Linnaeus, 1766 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Collette, B.B., and G. Klein-MacPhee (eds.). 2002. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, 3rd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London. 748 p. [details] basis of record: Robins et al., 1986 [details] basis of record: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details] basis of record: Steimle, F.W., C.A. Zetlin, P.L. Berrien, D.L. Johnson and S. Chang. 1999. Essential fish habitat source document: scup, Stenotomus chrysops, life history and habitat characteristics. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE 149. 39 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: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1766). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1-532. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (171 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 31 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feeds on amphipods, worms, sand dollars, young squid [details] Distribution: Western north Atlantic, from Sable Island Bank, N.S., to Cape Hatteras, N.C., but are infrequent north of Cape Cod [details] Habitat: benthic [details] Habitat: Found to depths of 15m, often inshore in summer, offshore in winter. [details] Importance: Social- Commercial, gamefish [details] Predators: Sharks, roughtail stingray, silver hake, striped sea bass, bluefish (For a complete list, see www. fishbase.org) [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159811 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Stenotomus chrysops (Linnaeus, 1766). 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=159811 on 2013-05-18 | |||||||||||||||||
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