WoRMS taxon details
Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacepède, 1802)
AphiaID: 209373
AphiaID: 209373
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Apogoninae (Subfamily) > Cheilodipterus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Cheilodipterus Lacepède, 1801 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Apogon macrodon (Lacepède, 1802) Apogon melanurus Bleeker, 1860 Centropomus macrodon Lacepède, 1802 Cheilodipterus heptazona Bleeker, 1849 Cheilodipterus lineatus Lacepède, 1801 (synonym) Chelidopterus macrodon (Lacepède, 1802) (misspelling) Cheliodipterus macrodon (Lacepède, 1802) (misspelling) Paramia octolineata Bleeker, 1872 | ||||||||||
| 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 | Cargados Carajos [details] Chagos [details] Kenya [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Seychelles [details] South Africa (country) [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 12 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Common in outer reef slopes in 4-30 m depth; in caves and ledges of clear lagoon and seaward reefs from 0.5 to at least 40 m, generally hovering solitarily in mid-water (Ref. 1602). Sexual maturity reached at about 8 cm. [details] Synonymy: Synonym of C. lineatus <150>. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209373 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Cheilodipterus macrodon (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=209373 on 2013-05-19 | |||||||||||
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