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Grammistes sexlineatus (Thunberg, 1792) 
AphiaID: 211864

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Grammistinae (Subfamily) > Grammistes (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Grammistes Schneider, 1801
Synonymised
taxa		  Grammistes orientalis Bloch & Schneider, 1801
 Perca sexlineata Thunberg, 1792
 Scianea vittata Lacepède, 1802
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: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English goldenstriped soapfish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Chagos [details]
Comores [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Red Sea [details]
Reunion [details]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To ITIS
Note  Description: Inhabits coastal waters over corals and rocky substrates (Ref. 5213). Usually hides beneath ledges and small caves during the day (Ref. 4326). Feeds on fishes (Ref. 4821). Has toxin-producing glands in the dermis (Ref. 4326). [details]
Image 
Grammistes sexlineatus
Grammistes sexlineatus
added on 2009-02-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211864
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Grammistes sexlineatus (Thunberg, 1792). 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=211864 on 2013-05-22
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