WoRMS taxon details
Myripristis hexagona (Lacepède, 1802)
AphiaID: 217928
AphiaID: 217928
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Beryciformes (Order) > Holocentridae (Family) > Myripristinae (Subfamily) > Myripristis (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Myripristis Cuvier, 1829 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Lutjanus hexagonus Lacepède, 1802 Myripristes hexagonus (Lacepède, 1802) (misspelling) Myripristis hexagonatus (Lacepède, 1802) (misspelling) Myripristis hexagonus (Lacepède, 1802) (misspelling) Myripristis macrolepis Bleeker, 1872 Ostichthys spiniceps Ogilby, 1908 | ||||||||||
| 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 | Djibouti [details] Eritrea [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 17 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
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] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217928 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Myripristis hexagona (Lacepède, 1802). 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=217928 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||
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