WoRMS taxon details
Strongylura leiura (Bleeker, 1850)
AphiaID: 217876
AphiaID: 217876
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Beloniformes (Order) > Belonidae (Family) > Strongylura (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Strongylura van Hasselt, 1824 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Belone ciconia Richardson, 1846 Belone ferox Günther, 1866 Belone leira Bleeker, 1850 (misspelling) Belone leiurus Bleeker, 1850 Belone natalensis Günther, 1866 Belone tenuirostris Blyth, 1858 Rhaphiobelone dammermani Fowler, 1934 Strongylura leiura leiura (Bleeker, 1850) Strongylura leiyra (Bleeker, 1850) (misspelling) Strongylurus leiura (Bleeker, 1850) (misspelling) Tylosurus leiurus (Bleeker, 1850) | ||||||||||
| 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] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Strongylura leiura leiura (Bleeker, 1850) accepted as Strongylura leiura (Bleeker, 1850) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Caligodes laciniatus (Krøyer, 1863) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lernanthropus tylosuri Richiardi, 1880 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Nothobomolochus digitatus Cressey & Collette, 1970 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Nothobomolochus gibber (Shiino, 1957) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lernanthropus cornutus Kirtisinghe, 1937 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Parabomolochus bellones (Burmeister, 1833) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 9 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Found in coastal waters including estuaries (Ref. 5213). Feeds mainly on small fishes (Ref. 3130). Caught with driftnets, shore seines and purse seines. Marketed fresh (Ref. 9682). [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217876 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Strongylura leiura (Bleeker, 1850). 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=217876 on 2013-05-20 | |||||||||||
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