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Carangoides gymnostethus (Cuvier, 1833) 
AphiaID: 218392

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Carangidae (Family) > Carangoides (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Carangoides Bleeker, 1851
Synonymised
taxa
  Carangoides gymnostethoides Bleeker, 1851
Caranx gymnostethoides (Bleeker, 1851)
Caranx gymnostethus Cuvier, 1833
Ferdauia claeszooni prestonensis Whitley, 1947
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los BaƱos, 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]

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 bludger  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Comores [details]
Djibouti [details]
Eritrea [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
Red Sea [details]
Reunion [details]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To ITIS
Note  Description: Occurs in the continental shelf (Ref. 7300). Found near corals and rocks. Juveniles form small schools. Large individuals solitary. Feeds on shrimp and small fish (Ref. 5213). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218392
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). Carangoides gymnostethus (Cuvier, 1833). 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=218392 on 2013-05-23
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