WoRMS taxon details
Pterocaesio capricornis Smith & Smith, 1963
AphiaID: 213660
AphiaID: 213660
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Caesionidae (Family) > Caesioninae (Subfamily) > Pterocaesio (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Pterocaesio Bleeker, 1875 | |||||||||||||
| 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] East Africa [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] Tanzania [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Inhabits coastal areas, primarily around coral reefs at a depth of about 20 m. Feeds on zooplankton in midwater aggregations. [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213660 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Pterocaesio capricornis. 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=213660 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||||||||
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