WoRMS taxon details
Sargocentron spiniferum (Forsskål, 1775)
AphiaID: 217950
AphiaID: 217950
| 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 spinifer (Forsskål, 1775) Holocentrum binotatum Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 Holocentrum leo Cuvier, 1829 Holocentrum melanopterus Bleeker, 1855 Holocentrum spiniferum (Forsskål, 1775) Holocentrum unipunctatum Günther, 1874 Holocentrus bowiei Jordan & Snyder, 1905 Holocentrus spinifer (Forsskål, 1775) Holocentrus spiniferus (Forsskål, 1775) Holocentrus verticalis Seale, 1906 Holocentrus xanthurus Fowler, 1944 Perca spinifer (Forsskål, 1775) Sargocentron spinifer (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling) Sciaena spinifera Forsskål, 1775 | |||||||||||||
| 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 | Cargados Carajos [details] Chagos [details] Comores [details] Djibouti [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Rodriguez [details] Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 16 proteins) To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Inhabits a variety of reef zones from reef flats to lagoon and seaward reefs to a depth of at least 122 m and is fairly common in areas not subjected to heavy spearfishing. Juveniles inhabit shallow protected reefs. A nocturnal species that feeds on crabs, shrimps and small fishes. Spine of preopercle venomous. [details] Spelling: Adioryx spinifer in Randall <307>. [details] | |||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217950 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Sargocentron spiniferum (Forsskål, 1775). 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=217950 on 2013-05-22 | ||||||||||||||
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