WoRMS taxon details
Apogon aureus (Lacepède, 1802)
AphiaID: 209355
AphiaID: 209355
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Apogoninae (Subfamily) > Apogon (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Ostorhinchus aureus (Lacepède, 1802) | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Apogon Lacepède, 1801 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [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 [details] Djibouti [details] East Africa [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Inhabits holes in rocks or under ledges in shallow waters. Known to occur in mixed aggregates with @Apogon apogonides@ during summer and autumn, but form separate aggregates in winter and spring (Refs. 559 and 637). [details] Synonymy: Synonym with Ostorhynchus fleurieu (Lacepède, 1802) in Smith (1961). [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209355 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Apogon aureus (Lacepède, 1802). 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=209355 on 2013-05-19 | |||||||||||||||||
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