WoRMS taxon details
Alectis indicus (Rüppell, 1830)
AphiaID: 218382
AphiaID: 218382
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Carangidae (Family) > Alectis (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted (misspelling) | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Alectis indica (Rüppell, 1830) | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Alectis Rafinesque, 1815 | |||||||||||||
| 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] | |||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Comores [details] Djibouti [details] Eritrea [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Mtwapa [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] Ungama Bay [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 17 proteins) To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Adults mainly taken on hook and line, especially on light tackle while juveniles often caught with beach seines. Often seen outside the reefs. Adults found over coral reef in coastal waters. Forms schools. Juveniles solitary, found in estuaries. Feeds on fish, squids, and crustaceans (Ref. 5213). [details] Remark: Species Smith-Vaniz, pers. comm. [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218382 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Alectis indicus (Rüppell, 1830). 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=218382 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||
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