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Secutor ruconius (Hamilton, 1822) 
AphiaID: 218463

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Leiognathidae (Family) > Secutor (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Secutor Gistel, 1848
Synonymised
taxa
  Chanda ruconius Hamilton, 1822
Equula ruconia (Hamilton, 1822)
Equula ruconius (Hamilton, 1822)
Leiognathus ruconius (Hamilton, 1822)
Secutor ruconeus (Hamilton, 1822) (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]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English deep pugnose ponyfish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
Reunion [details]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To ITIS
Note  Description: Found in coastal waters. Occurs at temperatures ranging from 26 to 29 °C (Ref. 4959). Enters estuaries and rivers. Feeds on small crustaceans (Ref. 5213). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218463
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). Secutor ruconius (Hamilton, 1822). 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=218463 on 2013-05-21
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