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Secutor insidiator (Bloch, 1787) 
AphiaID: 218464

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
Typetaxon of  Secutor Gistel, 1848
Parent Secutor Gistel, 1848
Synonymised
taxa
  Equula insidiator (Bloch, 1787)
Equula insidiatrix (Bloch, 1787) (misspelling)
Leiognathus insidiator (Bloch, 1787)
Secutor insiadiator (Bloch, 1787) (misspelling)
Secutor insidator (Bloch, 1787) (misspelling)
Secutor insidiatur (Bloch, 1787) (misspelling)
Zeus insidiator Bloch, 1787
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 pugnose ponyfish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mozambique [details]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania [details]
Ungama Bay [details]
Host of  Lernanthropus secutoris Pillai, 1963 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (29 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (43 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To ITIS
Note  Description: Found in coastal waters, also enters freshwater. Feeds on small crustaceans (Ref. 5213). Occurs at temperatures ranging from 26 to 29°C (Ref. 4959). Sold fresh and dried salted in markets, also used for fishmeal. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218464
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 insidiator (Bloch, 1787). 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=218464 on 2013-05-23
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