WoRMS taxon details
Sphyraena forsteri Cuvier, 1829
AphiaID: 212047
AphiaID: 212047
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Sphyraenidae (Family) > Sphyraena (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Sphyraena Artedi, 1793 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Callosphyraena toxeuma (Fowler, 1904) Sphyraena forsteni Cuvier, 1829 (misspelling) Sphyraena toxeuma Fowler, 1904 | ||||||||||
| 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] from synonym: Smith, J.L.B. & M.M. Smith (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University. Grahamstown. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Djibouti [details] Mozambique [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Hatschekia becuni Jones J.B. & Cabral, 1990 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Nocturnally active fish, but occuring in large schools above lagoon patch reefs and along outer reef slopes during the day (Ref. 9768). Feeds mainly on fishes, but also on penaeid shrimps and squids. Mainly nocturnal. Sold fresh, frozen or dried salted in markets. Unreliable claims of ciguatera poisoning from eating this species need confirmation. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212047 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Sphyraena forsteri Cuvier, 1829. 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=212047 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||
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