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Taenianotus triacanthus Lacepède, 1802 
AphiaID: 218119

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Scorpaenidae (Family) > Scorpaeninae (Subfamily) > Taenianotus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Taenianotus Lacepède, 1802
Synonymised
taxa		  Taenianothus triacanthus Lacepède, 1802 (misspelling)
 Taenianotus citrinellus Gilbert, 1905
 Taeniatus triacanthus Lacepède, 1802 (misspelling)
 Taenionotus triacanthus Lacepède, 1802 (misspelling)
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]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English leaf scorpionfish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Chagos [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
Reunion [details]
Seychelles [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (473 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To ITIS
Notes  Description: Inhabits reef flats, outer reef slopes, current-swept channels, and rarely on lagoon reefs. Solitary and usually immobile among algae or seagrass but effects hip movements ressembling that of a leaf falling down from a tree. Molts twice a month with the skin breaking off first in the head region. Feeds on small fish and larvae (Ref. 5503). Venomous spines.  [details]

Type species: Type species of genus. Species Taenionotus triacanthus Smith from <144> probably refers to same species. Genus spelled Taenionotus in <130> as well. [details]
Image 
Taenianotus triacanthus
Taenianotus triacanthus
added on 2008-12-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218119
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). Taenianotus triacanthus 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=218119 on 2013-05-25
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