WoRMS taxon details
Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen, 1790)
AphiaID: 217426
AphiaID: 217426
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Batoidea (Infraclass) > Rajiformes (Order) > Myliobatidae (Family) > Myliobatinae (Subfamily) > Aetobatus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Aetobatus de Blainville, 1816 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Aetobates narinari (Euphrasen, 1790) (misspelling) Aetobatis laticeps Duméril, 1865 (misspelling) Aetobatis latirostris Duméril, 1861 Aetobatis narinari (Euphrasen, 1790) (misspelling) Aetobatus laticeps Duméril, 1865 Raja narinari Euphrasen, 1790 Stoasodon narinari (Euphrasen, 1790) | |||||||||||||
| 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: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [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, brackish, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Comores [details] Djibouti [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mtwapa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] North West Atlantic [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] Ungama Bay (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Host of |
Eudactylinella alba Wilson C.B., 1932 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Trebius caudatus Krøyer, 1838 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (38 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (75 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (82 nucleotides; 64 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Usually found in shallow inshore waters. Common around bays, estuaries, off beaches and coral reefs but may cross oceanic basins (Ref. 9862). Swims close to the surface, occasionally leaping out of the water, or close to the bottom (Ref. 3175). Frequently forms large schools during the nonbreeding season (Ref. 7251). Feeds mainly on bivalves but also eats shrimps, crabs, octopus and worms, whelks, and small fishes (Ref.9862). [details] Distribution: N.C. (summer), Bermuda, se. Florida, and n. Gulf of Mexico to Brazil; nearly worldwide in tropical waters [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] | |||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217426 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen, 1790). 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=217426 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||||||||
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