WoRMS taxon details
Mene maculata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
AphiaID: 218450
AphiaID: 218450
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Menidae (Family) > Mene (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Mene Lacepède, 1803 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Mene maculate (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (misspelling) Zeus maculatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | ||||||||||
| 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 | Chagos [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Reunion [details] Rodriguez [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Caligus amblygenitalis Pillai, 1961 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lernanthropus corniger Yamaguti, 1954 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Parapetalus orientalis Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lernanthropinus sphyraenae (Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1959) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (32 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (69 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (76 nucleotides; 50 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Solitary species which inhabits coastal waters including estuaries. Feeds on benthic invertebrates (Ref. 5213). [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218450 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Mene maculata (Bloch & Schneider, 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=218450 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||
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