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Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier, 1829) 
AphiaID: 218115

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Scorpaenidae (Family) > Scorpaeninae (Subfamily) > Sebastapistes (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Sebastapistes Gill, 1877
Parent Sebastapistes Gill, 1877
Synonymised
taxa
  Kantapus oglinus Smith, 1947
Phenacoscorpius nebulosus Smith, 1958
Scorpaena oglinus (Smith, 1947)
Scorpaena strongia Cuvier, 1829
Scorpaena tristis Klunzinger, 1870
Sebastapistes oglinus (Smith, 1947)
Sebastapistes tristis (Klunzinger, 1870)
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los BaƱos, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [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
 
Language   Name 
English barchin scorpionfish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Chagos [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
Seychelles [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To ITIS
Note  Description: Common in areas with mixed sand and rubble in reef flats, shallow lagoons and channels to a depth of at least 18 m. Venomous spines. A nocturnal species. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218115
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier, 1829). 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=218115 on 2013-05-19
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