WoRMS taxon details
Caranx ignobilis (Forsskål, 1775)
AphiaID: 218414
AphiaID: 218414
| 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 |
Carangus hippoides Jenkins, 1903 Caranx ekala Cuvier, 1833 Caranx lessonii Lesson, 1831 Caranx sansun (Forsskål, 1775) Scomber ignobilis Forsskål, 1775 Scomber sansun Forsskål, 1775 | ||||||||||
| 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 |
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Comores [details] Djibouti [details] Eritrea [details] Gazi Bay [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Rodriguez [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] Ungama Bay [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Lernaeenicus longiventris Wilson C.B., 1917 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus fortis Kabata, 1965 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus pagrosomi Yamaguti, 1939 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lernanthropus giganteus Krøyer, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus confusus Pillai, 1961 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus inanis Ho & Lin, 2007 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Dentigryps ulua Lewis A.G., 1964 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (45 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 47 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Adults usually solitary, and swim over the reef. Juveniles are found in estuaries. Usually feeds on fishes and crustaceans like crabs and spiny lobsters at night (Ref. 4887). Occurs at temperatures ranging from 26 to 29°C. Large individuals may be ciguatoxic. Sold mostly fresh and dried salted in markets. [details] Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218414 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Caranx ignobilis (Forsskål, 1775). 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=218414 on 2013-05-19 | |||||||||||
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