WoRMS taxon details
Sphyraena guachancho Cuvier, 1829
AphiaID: 159814
AphiaID: 159814
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Sphyraenidae (Family) > Sphyraena (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Sphyraena Artedi, 1793 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Sphyraena dubia Bleeker, 1863 Sphyraena guachanche Cuvier, 1829 (misspelling) Sphyraena guaguancho Cuvier, 1829 (misspelling) Sphyraena guentheri Haly, 1875 | ||||||||||
| 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, brackish, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feeds on mainly on fishes belonging to the Engraulidae, Clupeidae, Lutjanidae and Synodidae families and also on shrimps from the Lolijinidae family [details] Distribution: Western Atlantic: Massachusetts (USA), 39.2°N , northern Gulf of Mexico, and throughout the Caribbean Sea to Brazil [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Habitat: Occurs in shallow and generally turbid coastal water over muddy bottoms, often around river estuaries. [details] Importance: Social- Commercial fishery [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159814 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Sphyraena guachancho Cuvier, 1829. 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=159814 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||
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