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WoRMS taxon details
Peprilus triacanthus (Peck, 1804)
AphiaID: 159828
AphiaID: 159828
| 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 |
Poronotus triacanthus (Peck, 1804) Stromateus triacanthus Peck, 1804 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
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] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To FishBase To GenBank To Barcode of Life (23 barcodes) To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feeds on small fishes, squids, amphipods, shrimps and marine worms [details] Distribution: Eastern Newfoundland to Gulf of Mexico [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Habitat: Found over the continental slope to depths of 15 m, may descend deeper in winter. [details] Importance: Social- Commercial, gamefish [details] Predators: Sharks, bluefish, silver hake, striped sea bass (for complete list, see www.fishbase.org) [details] | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2009). Peprilus triacanthus (Peck, 1804). In: Nicolas Bailly (2009). World Database of Marine Pisces. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159828 on 2010-02-09 | |||||||||||||||||
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