WoRMS taxon details
Anthias squamipinnis (Peters, 1855)
AphiaID: 209189
AphiaID: 209189
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Anthiinae (Subfamily) > Anthias (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Pseudanthias squamipinnis (Peters, 1855) | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Anthias Bloch, 1792 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Anthias lepidolepis Bleeker, 1857 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Smith, J.L.B. (1961). Fishes of the Family Anthiidae from the Western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. Ichthyological Bulletin No.21. 359-369. [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] | |||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | East Africa [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Seychelles [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) To FishBase | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Huge swarms of these zooplankton-feeding fishes occur on shallow reefs. Males maintain large harems; removal of a male from such a group reults in sex reversal of a dominant female to assume male role <307>. [details] | |||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209189 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Anthias squamipinnis (Peters, 1855). 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=209189 on 2013-05-22 | ||||||||||||||
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