WoRMS taxon details

Myripristis hexagona (Lacepède, 1802)

217928  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217928)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lutjanus hexagonus Lacepède, 1802) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1802). Histoire naturelle des poissons: IV. <em>chez Plassan: Paris, France.</em> v. 4: i-xliv + 1-728, Pl. 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705733
page(s): 180, 213 [details]   
Description A nocturnal fish hiding in caves or beneath ledges by day, feeding on plankton such as crab larvae at night. Occurs at 40 m...  
Description A nocturnal fish hiding in caves or beneath ledges by day, feeding on plankton such as crab larvae at night. Occurs at 40 m depth. Found in loose aggregations in caves, sometimes with other soldierfish (Ref. 9710). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Myripristis hexagona (Lacepède, 1802). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217928 on 2024-03-19
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed

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original description  (of Myripristis macrolepis Bleeker, 1872) Bleeker, P. (1872). Révision des espèces indo-archipélagiques du genre Myripristis. <em>Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde.</em> v. 4: 178-197.
page(s): 195 [details]   

original description  (of Lutjanus hexagonus Lacepède, 1802) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1802). Histoire naturelle des poissons: IV. <em>chez Plassan: Paris, France.</em> v. 4: i-xliv + 1-728, Pl. 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705733
page(s): 180, 213 [details]   

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description A nocturnal fish hiding in caves or beneath ledges by day, feeding on plankton such as crab larvae at night. Occurs at 40 m depth. Found in loose aggregations in caves, sometimes with other soldierfish (Ref. 9710). [details]
LanguageName 
English blacktip soldierfish  [details]
Japanese マルマツカサ  [details]