WoRMS taxon details
Lutjanus bengalensis (Bloch, 1790)
AphiaID: 218484
AphiaID: 218484
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Lutjanidae (Family) > Lutjaninae (Subfamily) > Lutjanus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Lutjanus Bloch, 1790 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Diacope octolineata Cuvier, 1828 (synonym) Diacope octovittata Valenciennes, 1830 Holocentrus bengalensis Bloch, 1790 Labrus octovittatus Lacepède, 1801 Mesoprion pomacanthus Bleeker, 1855 (synonym) | ||||||||||
| 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 | Djibouti [details] Eritrea [details] Kenya [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (25 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 37 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Mainly inhabits coral reefs. Sometimes forms small aggregations around rocky outcrops and coral heads during daylight hours. Feeds mainly on fishes and crustaceans. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218484 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Lutjanus bengalensis (Bloch, 1790). 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=218484 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||
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