WoRMS taxon details
Nemipterus japonicus (Bloch, 1791)
AphiaID: 218515
AphiaID: 218515
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Nemipteridae (Family) > Nemipterus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Nemipterus Swainson, 1839 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Cantharus filamentosus Rüppell, 1829 Coryphaena lutea Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Dentex blochii Bleeker, 1851 Dentex striatus Valenciennes, 1830 Dentex tambulus Valenciennes, 1830 Heterognathodon flaviventris Steindachner, 1866 Nemipterus japonica (Bloch, 1791) Nemipterus japonicas (Bloch, 1791) (misspelling) Nemipterus luteus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Sparus japonicus Bloch, 1791 Synagris flavolinea Fowler, 1931 Synagris grammicus Day, 1865 Synagris japonicus (Bloch, 1791) | ||||||||||
| 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] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Somalia [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Clavella ovata Yamaguti, 1939 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Clavellopsis bilobata Pillai, 1962 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Hatschekia foliolata Redkar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1950 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Holobomolochus nemipteri Pillai, 1973 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Holocolax nemipteri (Pillai, 1973) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (24 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (101 nucleotides; 93 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Very abundant in coastal waters, found on mud or sand bottoms, usually in schools. Feeds mainly on small fishes, crustaceans, molluscs (mainly cephalopods), polychaetes and echinoderms. Marketed mainly fresh, but also frozen, steamed, dried-salted, dry-smoked, fermented or made into fish balls and fish meal. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218515 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Nemipterus japonicus (Bloch, 1791). 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=218515 on 2013-05-20 | |||||||||||
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