WoRMS taxon details
Sargocentron violaceum (Bleeker, 1853)
AphiaID: 217943
AphiaID: 217943
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Beryciformes (Order) > Holocentridae (Family) > Holocentrinae (Subfamily) > Sargocentron (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Sargocentron Fowler, 1904 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Adioryx violaceus (Bleeker, 1853) Holocentrum violaceum Bleeker, 1853 (misspelling) Holocentrus violaceus Bleeker, 1853 Sargocentron violaceus (Bleeker, 1853) (misspelling) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Smith, J.L.B. & M.M. Smith (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University. Grahamstown. [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 | Aldabra [details] Chagos [details] Kenya [details] Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Uncommon in atoll reef flats, lagoon patch reefs, and steep outer reef slopes to a depth of at least 20 m. Feeds mainly on benthic crabs and shrimps at night. Spine of preopercle is venomous. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217943 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Sargocentron violaceum (Bleeker, 1853). 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=217943 on 2013-05-19 | |||||||||||
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