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Peprilus paru (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 159827

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Stromateidae (Family) > Peprilus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Peprilus Cuvier, 1829
Synonymised
taxa
  Chaetodon alepidotus Linnaeus, 1766
Peprilus alepidatus (Linnaeus, 1766) (misspelling)
Peprilus alepidotus (Linnaeus, 1766) (synonym)
Stromateus paru Linnaeus, 1758
Sources  basis of record: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

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]

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]

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]

from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English American harvestfish  [details]
English harvestfish (from synonym)  [details]
English star-fish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Host of  Lernaeenicus radiatus Le Sueur, 1824 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lernaeenicus affixus Wilson C.B., 1917 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (30 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (57 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: Cape Elizabeth, Maine to Uruguay [details]

Habitat: nektonic [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159827
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). Peprilus paru (Linnaeus, 1758). 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=159827 on 2013-05-21
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