WoRMS taxon details
Gerres oyena (Forsskål, 1775)
AphiaID: 218535
AphiaID: 218535
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Gerreidae (Family) > Gerres (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Gerres Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Diapterus kapas (Bleeker, 1851) Diapterus oyena (Forsskål, 1775) Gerreomorpha rostrata Alleyne & Macleay, 1877 Gerres australis Castelnau, 1875 Gerres carinatus Alleyne & Macleay, 1877 Gerres kapas Bleeker, 1851 Gerres oynea (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling) Gerres socotranus Steindachner, 1902 Gerres splendens De Vis, 1884 Labrus oeyena Forsskål, 1775 Labrus oyena Forsskål, 1775 Labrus öyena Forsskål, 1775 (misspelling) Smaris oyena (Forsskål, 1775) Xystaema kapas (Bleeker, 1851) Xystaema oyena (Forsskål, 1775) | |||||||||||||
| 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] Djibouti [details] East Africa [details] Gazi Bay [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mozambique [details] Mtwapa [details] Red Sea [details] Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] Ungama Bay [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (62 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 10 proteins) To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Found along the coast and also in estuaries and saltwater lagoons (Ref. 5213). Feeds on small organisms living on sandy bottoms. Used for fishmeal and duck food. Sold fresh in markets. [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218535 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Gerres oyena (Forsskål, 1775). 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=218535 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||
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