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Chelidonichthys capensis (Cuvier, 1829) 
AphiaID: 218120

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Triglidae (Family) > Chelidonichthys (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Chelidonichthys Kaup, 1873
Synonymised
taxa
  Chelidonyctis capensis (Cuvier, 1829) (misspelling)
Trigla capensis Cuvier, 1829
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]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English Cape gurnard  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Mozambique [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Host of  Lernentoma asellina (Linnaeus, 1758) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus brevicaudatus A. Scott, 1901 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus curtus O. F. Müller, 1785 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus diaphanus von Nordmann, 1832 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus pelamydis Krøyer, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Charopinus dubius Scott T., 1901 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus tetrodontis Barnard, 1948 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Medesicaste penetrans Heller, 1865 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To ITIS
Note  Description: Found over sandy and muddy bottoms in coastal areas. Feeds on crustaceans, especially crabs (Ref. 5213). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218120
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). Chelidonichthys capensis (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=218120 on 2013-05-24
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