WoRMS taxon details
Uraspis helvola (Forster, 1801)
AphiaID: 218449
AphiaID: 218449
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Carangidae (Family) > Uraspis (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Uraspis Bleeker, 1855 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Caranx helvolus (Forster, 1801) Caranx micropterus Rüppell, 1836 Leucoglossa candens Jordan, Evermann & Wakiya, 1927 Scomber helvolus Forster, 1801 Uraspis helvolus (Forster, 1801) (misspelling) | ||||||||||
| 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, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Eritrea [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Somalia [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Schooling species. Inhabits sandy bottoms at the foot of the edge of the outer reefs, continental coasts and around islands. Is mainly nocturnal (Ref. 4887). Marketed fresh and salted/dried (Ref. 9283). [details] Remark: = Uraspis secunda [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218449 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Uraspis helvola (Forster, 1801). 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=218449 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||
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