WoRMS taxon details
Caranx heberi (Bennett, 1830)
AphiaID: 218403
AphiaID: 218403
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Carangidae (Family) > Caranx (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Caranx Lacepède, 1801 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Caranx sem Cuvier, 1833 Caranx williamsi Smith, 1968 Carnax heberi (Bennett, 1830) (misspelling) Scomber heberi Bennett, 1830 | ||||||||||
| 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 | Djibouti [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mozambique [details] Reunion [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Inhabits clear coastal waters, over rocky reefs. Seldom found in turbid or estuarine waters. Adults in small aggregations near coral reefs. Feeds on fish and crustaceans (Ref. 5213). Sold fresh and dried salted in markets. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218403 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Caranx heberi (Bennett, 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=218403 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||
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