WoRMS taxon details
Apogon ellioti Day, 1875
AphiaID: 209314
AphiaID: 209314
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Apogoninae (Subfamily) > Apogon (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Apogon Lacepède, 1801 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Apogonichthys ellioti (Day, 1875) Apogonichtyes ellioti (Day, 1875) Jaydia ellioti (Day, 1875) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Smith, J.L.B. (1961). Fishes of the family Apogonidae of the Western Indian Ocean and the Seychelles. Ichthyological Bulletin 22. [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 | Comores (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Normally found in sandy to muddy bottoms. Has luminous organs on the thorax and abdomen which contain luciferin obtained from @Cypridina@ plankton. Nocturnal species (Ref. 7300). [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209314 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Apogon ellioti Day, 1875. 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=209314 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||
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